Tenabo Municipality

Tenabo
Municipality

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Tenabo
Coordinates: 19°50′N 90°00′W / 19.833°N 90.000°W / 19.833; -90.000Coordinates: 19°50′N 90°00′W / 19.833°N 90.000°W / 19.833; -90.000
Country Mexico
State Campeche
Municipal seat Tenabo
Government
  Municipal president Julio Cesar Sánchez Caamal (2006–09)
Area
  Total 1,058.42 km2 (408.66 sq mi)
Elevation 10 m (30 ft)
Population (2015)
  Total 10,665
  Density 10/km2 (26/sq mi)
  municipal seat
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC−5)
Encomienda 1549
Municipality created 1786
City status 1960
Website www.tenabo.gob.mx

Tenabo (Yucatec Maya: "place where they measure by hand-spans") is one of the 11 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.[1]

History and 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

Church at Tinún

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tenabo". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.

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