Uspantán is a
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
Guatemala
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n
department of
El Quiché
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* Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things''
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. It is one of the largest municipalities 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 ...
and stretches from the mountainous highlands in the South to the tropical lowlands in the North. The municipal seat is in Villa de San Miguel Uspantán with a population of 2,800. The birthplace of
Nobel Peace Prize
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winner
Rigoberta Menchú, a community named
Laj Chimel, is located Uspantán not far from the municipal seat. Completion of paving on the road in from
Chichicastenango has brought a small tourist boom to the town.
The municipality includes the
pre-Columbian
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Maya
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Ethnic groups
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
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archaeological site of
Chitinamit, believed to be Jakawitz, the first capital of the
K'iche' Maya.
[Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Item 1005.]
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Municipalities of the Quiché Department