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(Redirected from Uspantan) Municipality in El Quiché, Guatemala
Uspantán
Municipality
Amphitheater and Cathedral overlooking parque central after a rain. (2007)Amphitheater and Cathedral overlooking parque central after a rain. (2007)
Uspantán is located in GuatemalaUspantánUspantánLocation in Guatemala
Coordinates: 15°20′45″N 90°52′10″W / 15.34583°N 90.86944°W / 15.34583; -90.86944
Country Guatemala
Department El Quiché
MunicipalitySan Miguel Uspantán
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • AlcaldeVíctor Hugo Figueroa
Area
 • Municipality860 km (330 sq mi)
Elevation1,825 m (5,988 ft)
Highest elevation2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Lowest elevation500 m (1,600 ft)
Population
 • Municipality65,872
 • Density77/km (200/sq mi)
 • Urban6,664
 • EthnicitiesUspantek K'iche' Ixil Q’eqchi’ Ladino
 • ReligionsRoman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
ClimateCwb

Uspantán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. It is one of the largest municipalities of El Quiché and stretches from the mountainous highlands in the South to the tropical lowlands in the North. The municipal seat is in Villa de San Miguel Uspantán with a population of 2,800. The birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú, a community named Laj Chimel, is located Uspantán not far from the municipal seat. Completion of paving on the road in from Chichicastenango has brought a small tourist boom to the town.

The municipality includes the pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site of Chitinamit, believed to be Jakawitz, the first capital of the K'iche' Maya.

Notes

  1. Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  2. Sharer & Traxler 2006, p.622.
  3. Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Item 1005.

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Flag of Guatemala Quiché Department
Capital: Santa Cruz del Quiché
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