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| Full name | Campeche | | Native name | Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche | | Settlement type | State | | Anthem | Himno Campechano | | Country | Mexico | | Capital | San Francisco de Campeche | | Largest City | San Francisco de Campeche | | Municipalities | 11 | | Admission | April 29, 1863 | | Order | 25th | | Governor | Fernando Ortega | | Senators | Guadalupe Fonz
Alejandro Moreno
Sebastián Calderón | | Deputies | Federal Deputies
• Víctor Kidnie
• Carlos Pacheco
• Román Rosas
• Nelly Márquez
• Yolanda Montalvo
• Ignacio Seara
| | Total Area | 22358.7 sq mi (57924 km2) | | Highest Elevation | 1279.5 ft (390 m) | | Total Population | 805182 (30th) (2010) | | Density (pop.) | auto/km2 (29th) (0/sq mi) | | Demonym | Campechano (a) | | Time zone | CST, (UTC-6) (UTC) | | - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | | Postal code | 24 | | Area code | Area codes
• 913
• 938
• 981
• 982
• 983
• 996
| | ISO 3166 code | MX-CAM | | HDI | (+) 0.825 High Ranked 18th | | GDP | US$ 12.0 billion |
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Campeche (-eskamˈpetʃe) is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Yucatán to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west. To the south it is bordered by the Petén department of Guatemala and to the west by the Gulf of Mexico.
The area of Campeche is , and the population is only 805,182 inhabitants in 2010. This makes Campeche one of the states with the lowest population densities in Mexico (fifth behind Baja California Sur, Durango, Sonora, and Chihuahua).
The capital city of the state is the city of San Francisco de Campeche, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
In addition to the city of Campeche, the state of Campeche includes the cities of Ciudad del Carmen, Champotón, and Escárcega, the towns of Bolonchén, Calkiní, Dzitbalché, Hecelchakán, Hopelchén, Lerma, Tenabo, and Sabancuy, and many ruins of the Maya civilization such as Becán, Calakmul, Silvituc, Dzibilnocac, Edzná, Hocchob, Holactún, Río Bec, Uxul, Xicalango, Xpuhil, and Xtampak.
Campeche derives from the name of the Mayan city of Kan pech, which became today's San Francisco de Campeche.
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