Tenabo Municipality Explained

Tenabo
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Campeche
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Mapsize:200px
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:10665
Population Note:municipal seat
Population Density Km2:auto
Area Total Km2:1058.42
Elevation M:10
Leader Title:Municipal president
Leader Name:Julio Cesar Sánchez Caamal (2006–09)
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Tenabo
Blank Name:Encomienda
Blank Info:1549
Blank1 Name:Municipality created
Blank1 Info:1786
Blank2 Name:City status
Blank2 Info:1960
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:−6
Utc Offset Dst:−5
Coordinates:19.8333°N -90°W
Website:www.tenabo.gob.mx

Tenabo (Yucatec Maya: "place where they measure by hand-spans") is one of the 13 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated on the coast in the north of the state. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Tenabo, 36 km from state capital 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, to the east with Hopelchén Municipality, to the south with Campeche Municipality, and to the west with the Gulf of Mexico.

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.[1]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tenabo. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.