Playa Grande

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Playa Grande
The market in Playa Grande Ixcán
Playa Grande Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 15°59′17″N 90°46′54″W / 15.98806, -90.78167
Country	Guatemala
Department	El Quiché
Municipality	Ixcán
Population
- Ethnicities	K'iche', Ixil, Uspantek, K'ekchi, Ladino
- Religions	Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism

Playa Grande ("Big beach") is the administrative centre of the municipality of Ixcán in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.

Native Mayan languages include, among many others, Uspantek and Q'eqchi', although Spanish is also common.

Its annual festival is held from the 15th to the 17th of May.

Playa Grande has an airport. Its International Air Transport Association code is PKJ.

[edit] 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 communities.[1] 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 indigenous groups pursuant to the International Labor Organization Convention No. 169, Article 7. The municipal government called for such a consultation on 2007-04-20.[2]

[edit] See also

• Ixcán
• El Quiché
• List of airports in Guatemala
• Plan Puebla Panama
• Guatemalan Civil War
• Mayan languages
• Uspantek language
• Q'eqchi' language

[edit] External links

• Servicio de Información Municipal (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 15°59′N, 90°46′W