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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 Guatemala
Uspantán
Uspantán
Location in Guatemala
Country Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Department ..El Quiché Flag(GUATEMALA).png El Quiché
Municipality San Miguel Uspantán
Government
 • Type Municipal
Area
 • Municipality 860 km2 (330 sq mi)
Elevation
1,825 m (5,988 ft)
Highest elevation
2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Lowest elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Population
 (Census 2018)
 • Municipality 65,872
 • Density 76.6/km2 (198.4/sq mi)
 • Urban
6,664
 • Ethnicities
Uspantek K'iche' Ixil Q’eqchi’ Ladino
 • Religions
Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism Maya
Climate Cwb

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.

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