Dzitbalché () is a large
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the extreme northern part of the
Mexican state of
Campeche
Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...
. It is located at 20.32°N 90.05°W and serves as the municipal seat for the
municipality of the same name. As of 2010, Dzitbalché had a population of 11,686,
up from 10,951 at the 2005 census, making it the sixth-largest community in the state. Before the creation of the municipality of Dzitbalché on 1 January 2021, it was the second-largest community in the municipality of
Calkiní
Calkiní (Yucatec Maya: "throat of the sun") is a city in the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated at the northern tip of the state, on the central western coast the Yucatán Peninsula
The Yucatán Peninsula (, also , ; es, Península d ...
.
Geography
Climate
References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
External links
Transparencia de la Ciudad de CalkiníOfficial website of Municipality of Calkiní
See also
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Songs of Dzitbalche
The ook of the''Songs of Dzitbalché'' ( es, l libro delos cantares de Dzitbalché), originally titled ''The Book of the Dances of the Ancients'', is the source of almost all the ancient Mayan lyric poems that have survived, and is closely connec ...
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Populated places in Campeche