Hopelchén ( Yucatec Maya: "place of five wells") is one of the 11 municipalities in the

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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 situated inland in the north of the state. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of

Hopelchén Hopelchén (, Yucatec Maya: "place of five wells") is a city in the Mexico, Mexican mexican state, state of Campeche. It is situated inland in the north of the state. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding Hopelchén Municipality. In ...

History and geography

The municipality of Hopelchén is bordered to the north and east by the state of Yucatán; to the south by the municipality of Calakmul, and to the west by the municipalities of Champotón,

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and

Hecelchakán Hecelchakán () is a city in the Mexican state of Campeche. The city is located some 70 km to the north of the state capital Campeche. It is the seat of the Hecelchakán Municipality. As of 2010, the city of Hecelchakán had a population ...

. It covers 7,460.27 km², accounting for 13% of the state's total surface area.

Demographics

The 2005 INEGI census reported a population of 34,687, down from 36,271 in 1990. Of the 1990 figure, 17,664 spoke one of several indigenous languages, predominantly Yucatec Maya with 14,983 and Ch'ol with 2,039; the total number of indigenous language speakers had fallen to 15,416 by 2005. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 37,777. As of 2010, the city of Hopelchén had a population of 7,295. Other than the city of Hopelchén, the municipality had 269 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Bolonchén de Rejón (3,975), Vicente Guerrero (3,198), classified as urban, and Dzibalchén (2,340),

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(2,019), Xmabén (1,228), Suc-Tuc (1,179), and Chunchintok (1,086), classified as rural.

Climate

Heritage

The Maya archaeological sites of Chunan-Tunich, Dzibilnocac,

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and Pak-Chén are located in the municipality. It is also home to two cave complexes: Chuncedro and Xtacumbilxuna’an

References

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

Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

Ayuntamiento de Hopelchén
Official website
Municipio de Hopelchén
from official Campeche state government website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hopelchen Municipality Municipalities of Campeche