Hopelchén (,

Yucatec Maya Yucatec Maya (; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as , is one of the 32 Mayan languages of the Mayan language family. Yucatec Maya is spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic commu ...

: "place of five wells") is a city in the Mexican

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of Campeche. It is situated inland in the north of the state. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding

Hopelchén Municipality Hopelchén (Yucatec Maya: "place of five wells") is one of the 11 Municipalities of Mexico, municipalities in the Mexico, Mexican mexican state, state of Campeche. It is situated inland in the north of the state. The municipal seat, and largest s ...

. In 2010, Hopelchén had a population of 7,295. It is also home to a large

Mennonite Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radi ...

community, of around 50 families as of 2018.

References

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

Official Website of Cityhall

External links

Municipio de Hopelchén
from official Campeche state government website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hopelchen Populated places in Campeche Municipality seats in Campeche