Sipacapa

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subdivision_name1 = San Marcos
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subdivision_name2 = Sipacapa
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population_as_of = Census 2002
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population_blank1 =Sipakapense, Ladino
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population_blank2 =Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya
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footnotes = Sipacapa is a municipality in the San Marcos department, situated in the Western highlands of Guatemala. Sipacapa's population of around 14,000 is spread among 14 village communities, skattered over mountainous terrain. Sipacapa is considered a linguistic community, as Sipakapense is a Maya language unique to the municipality.

Sipacapa is currently the center of a dispute between local farmers, primarily of Mayan (Sipakapense) descent, and Goldcorp, a Canadian company that already operates an open pit goldmine in the neighbouring municipality of San Miguel Ixtahuacán. This dispute has been documented in a documentary film production. [cite web |author=Mariano Aiello & Kristina Hille |url=http://www.macanudo-films.de/page.php?4 |title=Open-pit mining of gold in Guatemala: Marlin Project|accessdate=2008-06-02 |publisher=Manacudo Films |date= ]

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* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=qum Ethnologue profile of Sipakapense]