| Sipacapa | |
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Sipacapa
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| Country | Guatemala |
| Department | San Marcos |
| Municipality | Sipacapa |
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| • Type | Municipal |
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| Population (Census 2002)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 14,043 |
| • Urban | 623 |
| • Ethnicities | Sipakapense, Ladino |
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Maya |
Sipacapa is a municipality in the San Marcos department, situated in the Western highlands of Guatemala. Sipacapa's population of around 14,000 is spread among 14 village communities, skattered over mountainous terrain. Sipacapa is considered a linguistic community, as Sipakapense is a Maya language unique to the municipality.
Sipacapa is currently the center of a dispute between local residents, who primarily identify as Maya (Sipakapense), and Goldcorp, a Canadian company that operates an open pit goldmine mostly the neighbouring municipality of San Miguel Ixtahuacán, but partially in Sipacapa. This dispute has been documented in a documentary film production, Sipakapa No Se Vende (Sipacapa Is Not For Sale) .[2][3]. Further information on the mine and the dispute is contained in the article on Marlin mine.
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