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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 where they measure by hand-spans") is one of the 11

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in the

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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 on the coast in the north of the state. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of

Tenabo Tenabo is a city in the Mexican state of Campeche. It is located in the north of the state, 35 km from the state capital Campeche, Camp., and 110 km from Mérida, Yucatán, along Federal Highway 180. It serves as the municipal seat for ...

, 36 km from

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Campeche, Camp. As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 10,665.

Geography

The municipality of Tenabo borders to the north with

Hecelchakán Municipality Hecelchakán () is one of the 11 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Hecelchakán. The municipality had a 2005 census population of 28,306, with 10,285 in the municipal seat. ...

, to the east with

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 ...

, to the south with

Campeche Municipality Campeche is one of the 13 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of San Francisco de Campeche (often shortened to Campeche). Demographics As of 2010, the municipality had a total p ...

, and to the west with the

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. It covers 882 km², accounting for 1.5% of the state's total surface area.

Demographics

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 9,736. As of 2010, the city of Tenabo had a population of 7,543. Other than the city of Tenabo, the municipality had 90 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.

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 Tenabo
Official website {{Campeche Municipalities of Campeche