Ixcán
Ixcán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. Its administrative centre is the town of Playa Grande. The municipality consists of 176 communities, called aldeas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: municipality of Guatemala with 61,400 residents
- Description: Quiché Department municipality in Guatemala
- Also known as: “Ixcan”
- Neighbors: Cobán, Santa Maria Nebaj, and Uspantan
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.
Ixcán
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Ixcán” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ixcán”
- Catalan: “Ixcán”
- Cebuano: “Ixcan”
- Cebuano: “Municipio de Ixcan”
- Chinese: “Ixcán”
- Chinese: “伊斯坎”
- Dutch: “Ixcán”
- Italian: “Ixcan”
- Italian: “Playa Grande Ixcan”
- Italian: “Playa Grande Ixcán”
- Italian: “Playa Grande”
- Japanese: “イフカン”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ixcán”
- Polish: “Ixcán”
- Spanish: “Ixcan”
- Spanish: “Ixcán”
- Swedish: “Ixcan”
- Swedish: “Municipio de Ixcan”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Playa Grande and Colonia La Florida.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Islotes Tapados and Sitio Arqueológico Chahumpec II.
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