Hecelchakán () is one of the 11
municipalities
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in the
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state
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of
Campeche
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. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of
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 ...
.
The municipality had a 2005 census population of 28,306, with 10,285 in the municipal seat. The municipality covers an area of 1,331.99 km² (514.284 sq mi) and includes numerous smaller outlying communities, the largest of which is the town of
Pomuch.
The name comes from the
Maya
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words ''jeʼelel'' (rest) and ''chakʼan'' (savanna).
Geography
Hecelchakán borders to the north with
Calkiní Municipality
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, to the south with
Tenabo Municipality, to the east with
Yucatán State and
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 ...
, and to the west with the
Gulf of Mexico
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, with 24 km of shoreline.
It is at an average altitude of 10 m above sea level.
Demographics
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 28,306.
As of 2010, the city of Hecelchakán had a population of 10,285.
[ Other than the city of Hecelchakán, the municipality had 80 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Pomuch (8,694), classified as urban, and Pocboc (1,624), Cumpich (1,587), Campo Menonita Yalnón (1,151), and Santa Cruz (1,118), classified as rural.][
]
History
On 7 December 1915, when decree no. 51 approved a new law of interior administration, Hecelchakán became one of the eight free municipalities of the new state of Campeche. That law came into effect on 1 January 1916.
References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Encyclopedia of Mexican Municipalities (in Spanish)
External links
Ayuntamiento de Hecelchakán
Official website
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Municipalities of Campeche