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Encyclopedia > Campeche State


Campeche is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. This article is about the state. For the city, see: Campeche.

ESTADO DE CAMPECHE
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Other Mexican States
Capital Campeche
Other major cities Cd. del Carmen, Esc rcega
List of municipalities
Area 50,812 km
Ranked 18th
Population
(2000 census)
689,700
Ranked 30th
Governor
(2003-09)
Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez (PRI/PVEM)
Federal Deputies (2)
PRI/PVEM =1
PAN = 1
Federal Senators PRI = 2
PAN = 1
ISO 3166-2
Postal abbr.
MX-CAM
Camp.

The State of Campeche was long a part of Yucat n and shared its history through the mid 19th century. Campeche broke away from Yucat n and became a separate state of the United Mexican States on August 7, 1857.


Campeche is bordered by the Mexican states of Yucat n to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west. To the south it is bordered by the Pet n department of Guatemala, to the south east by Belize, and to the west by the Gulf of Mexico. The area of Campeche is 56,798 km (about 21,924 square miles).


In addition to the city of Campeche, the State of Campeche includes the cities of Champot n, Ciudad del Carmen, and Esc rcega, the towns of Bolonch n, Calkin , Dzitbalch , Hecelchak n, Hopelch n, Lerma, Tenabo, and Sabancuy, and many ruins of the Maya civilization such as Bec n, Calakmul, Silvituc, Dzibilnocac, Etzn , Hochob, Holact n, Rio Bec, Uxul, Xicalango, Xpuhil, and Xtampak.


Municipalities

See: Municipalities of Campeche




Campeche
Map from the 1910s


States of Mexico Flag of Mexico
Aguascalientes | Baja California | Baja California Sur | Campeche | Chiapas | Chihuahua | Coahuila | Colima | Durango | Guanajuato | Guerrero | Hidalgo | Jalisco | M xico | Michoac n | Morelos | Nayarit | Nuevo Le n | Oaxaca | Puebla | Quer taro | Quintana Roo | San Luis Potos | Sinaloa | Sonora | Tabasco | Tamaulipas | Tlaxcala | Veracruz | Yucat n | Zacatecas
Federal District: Mexican Federal District

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The State of Campeche is located in the southwest of the Yucatan peninsula and southeast of the Mexican Republic.
Bordered north with Yucatan State, south with Tabasco and the Republic of Guatemala; to the eats with Quintana Roo and Belize, and west with the bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico.
Now days the historical downtown of Campeche City, main center of business, cultural, administrative and tourist activities, is surrounded by buildings from the XVI, XVII, XVIII, and XIX centuries; and edifications with military, civil and religious architecture, as well as complex offices, and houses from the XX century, located in areas gained on the sea.
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