 Puente El Zacatal, the bridge connecting Ciudad del Carmen to the mainland. Ciudad del Carmen (English: City of Carmen) is a city in the south west of the Mexican state of Campeche. Ciudad del Carmen is located at 18.63° N 91.83° W on the south west of Carmen Island, which stands in the Laguna de Términos on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The 2005 census population was 154,197 people. In July 2006 Ciudad del Carmen celebrated its 150th anniversary as a city. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2587x1759, 395 KB) Photo taken by Ashig84 in June of 2006. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2587x1759, 395 KB) Photo taken by Ashig84 in June of 2006. ...
The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico) comprises 31 states (estados) and one federal district (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ...
Location within Mexico Country Capital Municipalities 11 Largest City San Francisco de Campeche Government - Governor Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez (PRI) - Federal Deputies PRI:2 - Federal Senators PRI:2 PAN:1 Area Ranked 18th - State 50,812 km² (19,618. ...
The Laguna de Términos (Términos Lagoon) is a lagoon in the Mexican state of Campeche. ...
Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...
The city is nicknamed "The Pearl of the Gulf". Ciudad del Carmen was a small city mostly devoted to fishing until the 1970s when oil was discovered in the region; since then it has grown and developed substantially. To this day Carmen is known as one of the best locations to find seafood in Mexico. As late as the early 1980s the city could long be reached only by ferry boats called "pangas"; this changed with the construction of a causeway bridge to the mainland in the 1980s and another one in 1994 before the term of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari ended. The construction of the first bridge was motivated by the sinking of one of the island's pangas which resulted in the death of nearly everyone on-board. The bridge Puente El Zacatal constructed in 1994 is one of the longest in Latin America. Fishermen in the harbor of Kochi, India. ...
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Spaghetti with seafood (Spaghetti allo scoglio). ...
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The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, circa 1945. ...
Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...
The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. ...
Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born April 3, 1948 in Mexico City) was President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. ...
This border area at the western edge of the Yucatán Peninsula was previously part of the state of Yucatán, then of Tabasco; since 1863 it has been part of the state of Campeche. In 1840 the city had a population of about 7,000. The Yucatán peninsula as seen from space The Yucatán Peninsula, in Southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Location within Mexico Country Capital Municipalities 106 Government - Governor Ivonne Ortega Pacheco PRI - Federal Deputies PAN: 4 PRI: 1 - Federal Senators Hugo Laviada (PAN) Alfredo RodrÃguez (PAN) Cleominio Zoreda (PRI) Area Ranked 20th - State 38,402 km² (14,827. ...
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Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The city is also the seat of the state of Campeche's Carmen municipality, which includes the city and the surrounding area. The 2005 census population of the municipality of Carmen was 199,988 people, second only to the capital municipality of Campeche. There is a sense of rivalry among the inhabitants of the two cities. View of Campeche, showing Cathedral and part of old city fortifications Campeche is a city of Mexico located at 19°85′ N 90°53′ W, on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
The main university in Ciudad del Carmen is the UNACAR (Universidad Autonoma del Carmen).
History
 Playa Norte, a beach located in Ciudad del Carmen. Founded in the pre-Hispanic era, Ciudad del Carmen was an important location which served to connect the Aztec and Mayan civilizations. Between the 1500s and 1700s when the city of Campeche was a trade hub between Spain and New Spain (Mexico), Ciudad del Carmen was inhabited by pirates and served as a port for repairing ships and planning attacks against the Spanish. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1299 KB) Ciudad del Carmens Playa Norte, photo taken by Ashig84 in June of 2006. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1299 KB) Ciudad del Carmens Playa Norte, photo taken by Ashig84 in June of 2006. ...
Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the Late post-Classic...
This article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. ...
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Events and trends The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) high. ...
The city got its current name on July 16, 1717, in honor of the Virgin of Carmen, believed to be the protector of the island, when the Spanish forces, commanded by Alonso Felipe de Andrade evicted the pirates from the island and took control the city after a long period of occupation. Since then, every year at the end of July, Ciudad del Carmen turns into the very center of the regional social, cultural and religious festivities, on the fair that celebrates the island's protector virgin [1]. is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
// Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ...
Petroleum
 Oil platform near Ciudad del Carmen In the mid 1970s Ciudad del Carmen was transformed from a fishing and shrimping city into a hub for oil when PEMEX discovered large amounts of petroleum off the coast. Ever since Carmen has become a home for Mexican and foreign oil workers alike, including many Texans, and now houses many foreign companies. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 2049 KB) Photographer: Chad Teer from Coquitlam, Canada Title: Offshore Description: Offshore platform located in the Gulf of Mexico, port location Cd. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 2049 KB) Photographer: Chad Teer from Coquitlam, Canada Title: Offshore Description: Offshore platform located in the Gulf of Mexico, port location Cd. ...
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Fishermen in the harbor of Kochi, India. ...
Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ...
A Pemex gas station in Puerto Vallarta Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) is Mexicos state-owned, nationalized petroleum company. ...
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TexAns is a name of a band that Tools Maynard James Keenan previously sang for. ...
Politics On July 2, 2006 carmelitas voted for their mayor, and José Ignacio Seara of the PAN resulted elected. He will be in office until 2009 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative and Christian Democratic party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ...
Ecology It is unknown to what extent the oil industry is affecting the rich but fragile ecosystem of the island and the surrounding areas. The first ecological disater occurred when Ixtoc I, an exploratory oil rig, exploded on June 3, 1979. The disaster was the largest unintentional oil spill in history. The uncontrollable deforestation of the island, driven by a lack of planning and overpopulation, endangers the natural habitat of the native fauna. Flocks of swallows were a common feature of the island rainy season (June to October). In the current circumstances, a more resilient species of bird, a scavenger and crow-like bird known as "picho" by the locals, is taking over the habitats of the native birds. The white sand of the seashore is widely polluted with empty bottles, metallic objects and numerous plastic items. There are no studies regarding the impact of pollution on native sea specias such us dolphins and shrimp. Ecological and social responsibility require immediate attention and actions from the part of the industry, government, educational and touristic sectors involved in this region of the world. Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, about 600 miles south of Texas. ...
is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Puerto Real, one of the beaches in Carmen. Image File history File links Puertoreal_01. ...
| The "Camaron" Fountain. Image File history File links CamaronFuente. ...
| "Carmelita" Carnival. Image File history File links CarnavalCarmelita. ...
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