Uspantán
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| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department | El Quiché |
| Municipality | Uspantán |
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| - Type | Municipal |
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| Area | |
| - Municipality | 334 sq mi (865 km²) |
| Elevation | 5,988 ft (1,825 m) |
| Highest elevation | 8,202 ft (2,500 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,640 ft (500 m) |
| Population (Census 2002) | |
| - Municipality | 41,892 |
| - Urban | 4,198 |
| - Ethnicities | Uspantek, K'iche', Ixil, K'ekchi, Ladino |
| - Religions | Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya |
| Website: http://www.inforpressca.com/uspantan/ | |
Uspantán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. It is one of the largest municipalities of El Quiché and stretches from the mountainous highlands in the South to the tropical lowlands in the North.
The municipal seat is in the town of San Miguel Uspantán with a population of 2,800. San Miguel Uspantán is near the birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú Tum. Completion of paving on the road in from Chichicastenango has brought a small tourist boom to the town.
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