Polity · 1838 – 1840
State of Los Altos
洛斯阿尔托斯国
Polity · 1838 – 1840 · Century precision · 14.83° N, 91.52° W
The State of Los Altos, commonly Los Altos, was the sixth state of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1838 to 1840 and a short-lived independent republic again from 1848 to 1849. Its capital was Quetzaltenango, and it held eight departments in what is now western Guatemala, with the Soconusco in Chiapas into the bargain. The state grew out of the political differences between Guatemala City on one side and Quetzaltenango and western Central America on the other: debate about separation from Guatemala had run since Central American independence from Spain in 1821, and the Federal constitutional assembly of November 1824 had provided for such a state, though Guatemala City opposed it strongly. As the liberal federation crumbled into civil war under the influence of the Guatemalan conservatives and the regular clergy expelled after Francisco Morazán's bloody invasion of Guatemala in 1829, Los Altos declared itself an independent republic.
Key facts
- It was the sixth state of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1838 to 1840
- It held eight departments of western Guatemala plus the Soconusco of Chiapas
- Separation from Guatemala City had been debated since independence in 1821
- The Federal constitutional assembly of November 1824 provided for such a state
- It broke away as Francisco Morazán's conservatives and clergy enemies fought
- It rose again as an independent republic from 1848 to 1849
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Notable figures
- Francisco Morazán
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