Cabricán is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the Quetzaltenango department of

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

. 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 is a Mayan language spoken by about half a million Mam people in the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu, and the Mexican states of Campeche and Chiapas. Thousands more make up a Mam di ...

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Municipalities of the Quetzaltenango Department {{Guatemala-geo-stub