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Campeche, Campeche

Campeche, Campeche
Administration
Full nameSan Francisco de Campeche
Official nameSan Francisco de Campeche
Settlement typeCity
CountryMexico
StateCampeche
MunicipalityCampeche
City FoundedOctober 4, 1540
Government
MayorCarlos Rosado Ruelas (PAN)
Geography
Elevation33 ft (10.1 m)
Demography
Total Population238850 (2005)
DemonymCampechano
Other information
Time zoneCentral Standard Time (UTC)
- Summer (DST)Central Daylight Time (UTC)
Area code981
Major AirportIng. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport
IATA CodeCPE
ICAO CodeMMCP

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San Francisco de Campeche (-essan fɾanˈθisko de kamˈpetʃepron) (Ahk'ìin Pech in Modern Maya also spelled Ahkhijn Petxh or Ägijŋ Petxh) (ɒʁg'iɨŋ' 'pet͡ʃIPA) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Campeche, located at

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on the shore of the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico. The city's population at the 2005 census was 211,671 people. The municipality for which it serves as the municipal seat had a population of 238,850.

The city was founded in 1540 by Spanish conquistadores as San Francisco de Campeche atop the pre-existing Maya city of Canpech or Kimpech. The Pre-Columbian city was described as having 3,000 houses and various monuments, of which little trace remains.

The city retains many of the old colonial Spanish city walls and fortifications which protected the city (not always successfully) from pirates and buccaneers. The state of preservation and quality of its architecture earned it the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Originally, the Spaniards lived inside the walled city, while the natives lived in the surrounding barrios of San Francisco, Guadalupe and San Román. These barrios still retain their original churches;

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StandardNet--It's more than 5000 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, his northernmost hunt, to -Campeche-, Mexico, his southernmost hunt. He can't find anyone else who's equaled ... - Date : Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:44:09 GMT+00:00
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MWC News--The spill is the world's largest accidental release of oil, surpassing the 1979 Ixtoc well blowout in Mexico's Bay of -Campeche- that leaked almost three ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:20:54 GMT+00:00
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Fremont Tribune--Coolers of ice cold water were guarded by fans of two teams, Jutiapa and -Campeche-, who were embroiled in the heat and a heated contest. ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:05:04 GMT+00:00
Tropical Storm Alex Churning Toward Southern Texas - MyStateline.com Tweet this news
MyStateline.com--(-Campeche-, Mexico) -- Tropical Storm Alex is building strength as it moves away from Mexico's Yucatan peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. ... - Date : Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:03:41 GMT+00:00
Ixtoc offshore well: Gulf's other massive oil spill no longer apparent - MiamiHerald.com Tweet this news
MiamiHerald.com--For Tunnell and others involved in the fight to contain the June 3, 1979, spill from Mexico's Ixtoc 1 offshore well in the Gulf of -Campeche-, the BP blowout ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:48:25 GMT+00:00
Texas congressmen in Mexico to meet with counterparts - Dallas Morning News (blog) Tweet this news
Dallas Morning News (blog)--Two Texas lawmakers are in -Campeche-, Mexico, this weekend as part of an annual meeting between federal legislators in each country. Rep. ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:45:52 GMT+00:00
Lessons learned have no effect - Santa Rosa Press Gazette Tweet this news
Santa Rosa Press Gazette--Back in 1979, the Ixtoc (an oilrig) was being established in the Bay of -Campeche-. The depth of the water was roughly 160 feet deep. On June 3 of that year, ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:04:51 GMT+00:00
Poll: Support for More Offshore Oil Drilling Plummets - CBS News Tweet this news
CBS News---...- access for a partial list: In 1979, the IXTOC-1 blowout flowed uncontrollably in the Bahia de -Campeche-, Mexico until it was capped 9 months later. ... - Date : Tue, 11 May 2010 22:33:34 GMT+00:00
Calakmul offers glimpse of ancient Maya history - Seattle Post Intelligencer Tweet this news
Seattle Post Intelligencer--But only the most motivated tourists find their way to this patch of southern -Campeche-, two hours off the highway between the Yucatan's two coasts. ... - Date : Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:48:53 GMT+00:00

State of of Campeche

State capital: Campeche, Camps.
Municipalities
and
(municipal seats)
Calkiní (Calkiní) * Campeche (Campeche) * Carmen (Ciudad del Carmen) * Champotón (Champotón) * Hecelchakán (Hecelchakán) * Hopelchén (Hopelchén) * Palizada (Palizada) * Tenabo (Tenabo) * Escárcega (Escárcega) * Calakmul (Xpujil) * Candelaria (Candelaria) |

World Heritage Sites in Mexico

North West|North West |
North CentralFranciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro * Historic Centre of Zacatecas * Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro * Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines * Protected town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
WestAgave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila * Historic Centre of Morelia * Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara * Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of Californiaup|1 * Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserveup|1 * Islas Marías
EastEarliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetlup|1 * Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajín * Historic Centre of Puebla * Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
South WestHistoric Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán * Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque * Nahá-Metzabok
South CentralArchaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco * Central University City Campus of the UNAM * Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetlup|1 * Historic Centres of Mexico City and Xochimilco * Luis Barragán House and Studio * Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserveup|1 * Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacán
South EastAncient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche * Historic Fortified Town of Campeche * Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén Itzá * Sian Ka'an * Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal

Mexican state capitals

Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes) * Mexicali (Baja California) * La Paz (Baja California Sur) * Campeche (Campeche) * Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Chiapas) * Chihuahua (Chihuahua) * Saltillo (Coahuila) * Colima (Colima) * Mexico City (DF) * Durango (Durango) * Guanajuato (Guanajuato) * Chilpancingo (Guerrero) * Pachuca (Hidalgo) * Guadalajara (Jalisco) * Toluca (Mexico State) * Morelia (Michoacán) * Cuernavaca (Morelos) * Tepic (Nayarit) * Monterrey (Nuevo León) * Oaxaca (Oaxaca) * Puebla (Puebla) * Querétaro (Querétaro) * Chetumal (Quintana Roo) * San Luis Potosí (San Luis Potosí) * Culiacán (Sinaloa) * Hermosillo (Sonora) * Villahermosa (Tabasco) * Cd. Victoria (Tamaulipas) * Tlaxcala (Tlaxcala) * Xalapa (Veracruz) * Mérida (Yucatán) * Zacatecas (Zacatecas)



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