Uspantán
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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.
Key facts
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- Uspantán
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- Municipality
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- Lg uspantan parque.jpg
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- 250px
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- Amphitheater and Cathedral overlooking parque central after a rain. (2007)
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- Guatemala
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- bottom
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- Location in Guatemala
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- Country
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- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px El Quiché
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- San Miguel Uspantán
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal
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- Alcalde
- Settlement.leader_name
- Víctor Hugo Figueroa
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 860
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