.gt

ccTLD
Type	ccTLD
Status	Active
Country
Implemented	August 14, 1992
Registry	Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Websites	gt

.gt is the ccTLD for Guatemala. It is managed by the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG).

Rules and Restrictions

Second-level Domains

".com.gt", ".org.gt", ".net.gt" and ".ind.gt" are open subdomains.

The subdomains ".edu.gt", ".gob.gt" y ".mil.gt" are closed and the applicant must prove the affiliation of their institution to be eligible for one. Only one closed domain name will be delegated free of charge per institution.

• .edu.gt: for educational institutions recognized by the Ministry of Education and, in the case of higher education institutions recognized by the Council of Private Higher Education (CEPS);
• .gov.gt: for government agencies in Guatemala;
• .mil.gt: for entities of the Armed Forces of Guatemala.

Characters

The domain names must meet the following syntax rules:

• the minimum length is 1 element (not including subdomains);
• the maximum length is 63 punycode (not including subdomains);
• the domain name may be composed of elements of the following sets:
  • letters (a-z);
  • numbers (0-9);
  • symbols (-);
  • international (á, é, í, ó, ú, ü and ñ).
• the domain name can not begin or end with a hyphen;
• domain names can not begin with xn--;
• domain names can not have hyphens in the 3rd and 4th position;
• domain names are not case-sensitive.

Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".