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<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | ||
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | ||
===Immigration to Guatemala=== | |||
*Guatemala had a massive immigration of Germans in the nineteenth century. Guatemala currently has a strong community of Germans who make up the majority of European immigrants in the country, and it is also the most numerous German community in all Central American countries. | |||
*In the 1940s, 8,000 German immigrants lived in Guatemala. | |||
*The first German colonists arrived in the mid-19th century, and soon German settlers acquired land and operated coffee plantations in '''Alta Verapaz and Quetzaltenango'''. '''Cobán''' became an important center for German settlers. Other German operations cultivated tea, cocoa, and vanilla. While most Germans went to Cobán, others went to '''San Juan Chamelco and Xelaju (Quetzaltenango)'''. Cobán later came to be monopolized by German trade in wholesale stores. | |||
*In Guatemala, according to the embassy, there are more than 5,000 Germans living permanently in Guatemala, as well as several thousand more of German descent.<ref>"German Guatemalans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Guatemalan, accessed 6 June 2021.</ref> | |||
====French Guatemalans==== | |||
*Guatemalans of French descent make up the '''third largest European-descended group in Guatemala'''', after the German Guatemalans and Spanish Guatemalans. | |||
*The history of the French in Guatemala is divided into '''three periods of migratory waves:''' | |||
:*'''Late 18th century:''' After the French Revolution, '''capitalists and entrepreneurs''' came to create coffee plantations in several countries of America; in Guatemala, the first of these were situated in the department of '''San Marcos''' in the southern highlands. | |||
:*'''Independence era:''' French veterans of the Napoleonic Wars and the Spanish American wars of independence offered their services during the independence wars. Initial diplomatic contact between France and Central America began in 1827; full diplomatic relations were established in 1830. This led to the arrival of '''French merchants, professionals, and tradesmen'''. Many of them married local women, which led to an increase in the number of Guatemalan people of French descent. Later some French politicians moved to Guatemala City during the wars between liberals and conservatives. When the Federal Republic of Central America was divided, some French migrated to Costa Rica and Nicaragua although the majority remained in Guatemala. | |||
:*'''Twentieth century:''' It is estimated that by 1900 there were approximately 1600 French immigrants in Guatemala. The presidency of General José María Reina Barrios, who was educated in Paris, began a revival of diplomatic relations between France and Central America. In 1920, after the triumph of the Unionist movement, several Guatemalan families of French origin came together to found a branch the Alliance Francaise in Guatemala City.<ref>"French Guatemalan", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guatemalan, accessed 6 June 2021.</ref> | |||
===Emigration from Guatemala=== | ===Emigration from Guatemala=== | ||
A significant number of Guatemalans live outside of their country. The majority of the Guatemalan diaspora is located in the United States of America, with estimates ranging from 480,665 to 1,489,426. Emigration to the United States of America has led to the growth of Guatemalan communities in '''California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Rhode Island and elsewhere since the 1970s.''' | A significant number of Guatemalans live outside of their country. The majority of the Guatemalan diaspora is located in the United States of America, with estimates ranging from 480,665 to 1,489,426. Emigration to the United States of America has led to the growth of Guatemalan communities in '''California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Rhode Island and elsewhere since the 1970s.''' | ||
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===Guatemalan Immigration to the United States=== | ===Guatemalan Immigration to the United States=== | ||
*Up until the 1960s, Guatemalan migration to the US was negligible. | *Up until the 1960s, Guatemalan migration to the US was negligible. | ||