Uspantán

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subdivision_name1 = El Quiché
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subdivision_name2 = Uspantán
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population_as_of = Census 2002
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population_total = 41892
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population_blank1 = Uspantek, K'iche', Ixil, K'ekchi, Ladino
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population_blank2 =Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
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website = http://www.inforpressca.com/uspantan/
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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 the town of San Miguel Uspantán with a population of 2,800. The birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú Tum, a community named Laj Chimel, is located in the municipality of San Miguel Uspantán. Completion of paving on the road in from Chichicastenango has brought a small tourist boom to the town.

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External links

* [http://www.inforpressca.com/uspantan/mapa.pdf Municipal Map]