Cabricán is a town and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Quetzaltenango department
Quetzaltenango is a department in the western highlands of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Quetzaltenango, the second largest city in Guatemala.Rouanet et al 1992, p.14. The department is divided up into 24 municipalities. The inhabitants ...
of
Guatemala. The head town of Cabricán is situated at an altitude of 2,525
m above sea level.
Cabrican is the location of Roman Catholic radio station Radio Mam. The station primarily broadcasts in the
Mam language
Mam or MAM may refer to:
Places
* An Mám or Maum, a settlement in Ireland
* General Servando Canales International Airport in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico (IATA Code: MAM)
* Isle of Mam, a phantom island
* Mam Tor, a hill near Castleton in t ...
.
References
Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department
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