Ixcán
Ixcán | |
|---|---|
The market in Playa Grande Ixcán | |
| Coordinates: 15°59′17″N 90°46′54″W / 15.98806°N 90.78167°W | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Department | El Quiché |
| Municipal Seat | Playa Grande Ixcán |
| Area | |
| 654 sq mi (1,693 km2) | |
| Population (Census 2018) | |
| 99,470 | |
| • Density | 150/sq mi (59/km2) |
| • Urban | 12,710 |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism |
| Climate | Af |
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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.
Native Mayan languages include Qʼeqchiʼ, Qʼanjobʼal, Mam, Popti and Kʼicheʼ. Spanish is also common.
Its annual festival is held from 15 to 17 May.
Ixcán has an airport. Its International Air Transport Association code is PKJ. The population of the municipality was 99,470 at the 2018 census.