Champotón Municipality is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
within the
state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
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of Campeche, including the city of
Champotón and the surrounding area. In 2010 the municipality of Champotón had a population of 83,021 inhabitants. It has an areal extent of 6,088.28 km² (2,350.7 sq mi).
The municipality also includes the offshore
Cayos Arcas, about 140 km northwest of
Campeche
Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the sta ...
and 150 km north of the mainland coast of Champotón.
Demographics
As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 78,170.
As of 2010, the city of Champotón had a population of 30,881.
Other than the city of Champotón, the municipality had 864 localities, such as (with 2010 populations in parentheses):
Santo Domingo Kesté (3,763),
Carrillo Puerto (2,829),
Sihochac (2,731),
Ley Federal de Reforma Agraria (2,435), classified as urban, and
Xbacab (1,649),
San Pablo Pixtún (1,498),
Maya Tecún I (1,254),
Hool (1,181),
La Joya (1,007), and
Nayarit Castellot (299).
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References
External links
Municipio de Champotón
Official website
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Municipalities of Campeche