The departments of the Republic of Guatemala are divided into 340 municipalities ( Spanish : municipios ). The municipalities are listed below, by department. Department capitals are written in bold.
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1-624: 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 Villa de San Miguel Uspantán with a population of 2,800. The birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú , a community named Laj Chimel ,
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