Playa Grande
Playa Grande is the administrative centre of the municipality of Ixcán in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. Native Mayan languages spoken in the area include, among many others, Uspantek and Q'eqchi', although Spanish is also common.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chixoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: Ixcán
- Also known as: “Playa Grande, Guatemala”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Playa Grande Airport.
Playa Grande Airport
Aerodrome
Playa Grande Airport is an airstrip serving the town of Playa Grande in the Quiché Department of Guatemala. The runway is in the countryside 4 kilometres northeast of the town. Playa Grande Airport is situated 3½ km east of Playa Grande.
Playa Grande
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Quiché Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Playa Grande” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Playa Grande”
- Bulgarian: “Плая Гранде”
- Catalan: “Playa Grande”
- Dutch: “Playa Grande”
- French: “Playa Grande”
- Italian: “Playa Grande Ixcán”
- Japanese: “プラヤ・グランデ”
- Lithuanian: “Plaja Grandė Iškanas”
- Portuguese: “Playa Grande”
- Spanish: “Ixcan”
- Spanish: “Playa Grande”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Playa Grande”. Photo: Chixoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.