The National Geographic Institute of
Guatemala
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(in
Spanish
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
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: ''Instituto Geográfico Nacional "Ingeniero Alfredo Obiols Gómez"'' (IGN)) is a scientific agency of the
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
n government.
History
IGN was created on 29 December 1964. In the 1930s, cartographic projects were carried out by ad hoc mapping commissions which were primarily responsible for boundary surveys.
[Mugnier 2008:815] The Department of Maps and Cartography (in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
: ''Departamento de Mapas y Cartografía'') was created in 1945 and followed by the creation of the Instituto Geográfico Nacional in 1964.
In 1982 the agency was renamed to Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM) after a merger with the Military Cartographic Service, and became a dependency of the
Ministry of Defence
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. In January 1998, following the demilitarisation of state institutions stipulated in the Peace Accords, the IGN was reinstated as a dependency of the Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing, and became a dependency of the Ministry of Agriculture in September 2006.
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IGN Resumen de actividades
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Geography of Guatemala
Government agencies of Guatemala
National mapping agencies
Research institutes in Guatemala