Calkiní Municipality Explained

Calkiní
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Campeche
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:56537
Population Density Km2:auto
Area Total Km2:2324.43
Leader Title:Municipal president
Leader Name:Jorge Antonio Cocom Collí (2006-09)
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Calkiní
Blank Name:Created
Blank Info:1 January 1916
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:−6
Utc Offset Dst:−5
Coordinates:20.5°N -104°W

Calkiní (Yucatec Maya: "throat of the sun") is one of the 13 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated at the northern tip of the state, on the central western coast the Yucatán Peninsula. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Calkiní.

Geography

The municipality of Calkiní borders to the west with the Gulf of Mexico; to the north and east with the state of Yucatán; and to the south with the municipality of Hecelchakán. It covers 1,966.57 km2.

Demographics

The 2010 census reported a population of 52,890 persons.[1] Of these, 26,127 spoke one of several indigenous languages, predominantly Yucatec Maya.

As of 2010, the city of Calkiní had a population of 14,934.[1] Other than the city of Calkiní, the municipality had 202 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Dzitbalché (11,686), Bécal (6,511), Nunkiní (5,859), Bacabchén (2,527), classified as urban, and Santa Cruz Pueblo (1,908), Tepakán (1,895), San Antonio Sahcabchén (1,858), Santa Cruz Ex-Hacienda (1,255), and Tankuché (1,006), classified as rural.[1]

Heritage

The Maya archaeological site of Can-Mayab-Mul is in Nunkiní.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calkiní. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 28 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201028013107/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=04&mun=001. dead.