Ixcán

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Ixcán
Municipality
The market in Playa Grande Ixcán
Ixcán
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 15°59′17″N 90°46′54″W / 15.98806°N 90.78167°W / 15.98806; -90.78167Coordinates: 15°59′17″N 90°46′54″W / 15.98806°N 90.78167°W / 15.98806; -90.78167
Country Guatemala
Department El Quiché Department
Municipality Ixcán
Area
 • Municipality 608 sq mi (1,574 km2)
Population (Census 2002)
 • Municipality 61,448
 • Urban 6,005
 • Religions Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism

Ixcán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. Its administrative centre can be found in Playa Grande. The municipality consists of 176 communities, called aldeas. It has an area of 1575 km2. It is the northernmost municipality of El Quiché, and borders with Mexico, the municipalities of Chisec and Cobán of the Department of Alta Verapaz, the municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas of the Department of Huehuetenango, and the municipalities of Chajul and Uspantán of El Quiché.

Native Mayan languages include Q'eqchi', Q'anjob'al, Mam, Popti and K'iche'. Spanish is also common.

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

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

Ixcán was severely affected by the Guatemalan Civil War during the 1970s and 1980s. Many inhabitants sought refuge in Mexico and the United States.

In 1985, Ixcán was granted status as a separate municipality from San Miguel Uspantán.

Pacifist mural depicting the Victory of January 20 in Ixcán
Xalbal River

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 in 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, in which 90% of voters rejected all proposed hydroelectric projects and petroleum extraction in the region.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nisgua.org/get_involved/speakers_tour/2006/LetterXalala2006.pdf
  2. ↑ Themes & Campaigns | Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala

Radio Stations

Radio station In ixcan playa grande

Links below

stereoixcan 90.3 http://www.stereoixcan.com/

Sembrador 90.7 http://www.radioscatolicasdequiche.com/sembrador/

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