Playa Grande ("Big beach") is the administrative centre of the

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' ...

Ixcán Ixcán is a Municipalities of Guatemala, municipality in the Guatemalan Departments of Guatemala, department of El Quiché. Its administrative centre is the town of Playa Grande Ixcán, Playa Grande. The municipality consists of 176 communities, ...

in the

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n department of

El Quiché EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, fami ...

. Native

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spoken in the area include, among many others, Uspantek and Q'eqchi', although

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is also common. Its annual festival is held from 15 to 17 May. Playa Grande has an airport, Playa Grande Airport. Its

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code is PKJ.

Xalalá hydroelectric dam

The Xalalá hydroelectric dam is a proposed development project in Ixcán. It is controversial because it will flood 31.8 km² and displace twelve Q'eqchi' Maya communitie

It is a project of the Plan Puebla Panama. The dam is opposed by the Organizational Commission of the Community Consultation of Good Faith, Ixcán, which wants the Instituto Nacional de Electrificación (INDE) to complete consultations with local

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pursuant to the

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Convention No. 169, Article 7. The municipal government called for such a consultation on 2007-04-2

References

Citypopulation.de
Population of cities & towns in Guatemala

External links

Servicio de Información Municipal (in Spanish)
{{Quiché Department Populated places in the Quiché Department Populated places established in 1985 1985 establishments in Guatemala

Xalalá hydroelectric dam

See also

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