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).

Campeche
Country Mexico
StateCampeche
Municipal seatSan Francisco de Campeche
Area
 • Total3,244.17 km2 (1,252.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total283,025
 • Density87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)

Demographics edit

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 259,005.[1]

The municipality had 565 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: San Francisco de Campeche (220,389), Lerma (8,281), Chiná (5,194), classified as urban, and Los Laureles (2,251), Alfredo V. Bonfil (2,060), Pich (1,756), Tikinmul (1,663), Imí (1,227), Hampolol (1,123), Castamay (1,101), and San Francisco Kobén (1,045), classified as rural.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Campeche". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

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