Ixcán
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Ixcán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. Its administrative centre is the town of Playa Grande. The municipality consists of 176 communities, called aldeas. It has an area of 1,693 km2. It is the northernmost municipality of El Quiché, and borders with Mexico, the municipalities of Chisec and Cobán of the Department of Alta Verapaz, the municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas of the Department of Huehuetenango, and the municipalities of Chajul and Uspantán of El Quiché.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ixcán
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality of Guatemala
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- MercataPlayaGrande.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The market in Playa Grande Ixcán
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- Guatemala
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- bottom
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- Relief map of Guatemala.jpg
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- Location in Guatemala
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px El Quiché
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- Municipal Seat
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Playa Grande Ixcán
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- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1693
- Settlement.population_as_of
- Census 2018
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 109372
- Area
- 1574
- Image
- MercataPlayaGrande.JPG
- Dialing code
- 502
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- inception
- 1985-00-00
- Commons category
- Ixcán
- postal code
- 14019
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Oil potential
- Participation of Fernando Romeo Lucas García in FTN
- Civil war in Guatemala
- The Guerrilla Army of the Poor
- Economy
- Xalalá hydroelectric dam
- African oil palm
- Radio Stations
- Climate
- Geographic location
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Ixcán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. Its administrative centre is the town of Playa Grande. The municipality consists of 176 communities, called aldeas. It has an area of 1,693 km2. It is the northernmost municipality of El Quiché, and borders with Mexico, the municipalities of Chisec and Cobán of the Department of Alta Verapaz, the municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas of the Department of Huehuetenango, and the municipalities of Chajul and Uspantán of El Quiché.
Native Mayan languages include Qʼeqchiʼ, Qʼanjobʼal, Mam, Popti and Kʼicheʼ. Spanish is also common.
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