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Campeche, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, [c] is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico.Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the southwest, Yucatán to the northeast, Quintana Roo to the east, by the Petén department of Guatemala to the south, and by the Orange Walk District of Belize ...
The modern city of San Francisco de Campeche was founded in 1540 by Francisco de Montejo upon the site of Can Pech, the former capital city of a Maya chiefdom. The city of Campeche was terrorized by pirates and marauders (such as the 1633 Sack of Campeche and the 1663 Sack of Campeche) until the city constructed major fortifications. The ...
1777 - Campeche attains city status; [4] Campeche coat of arms established. 1796 - Hospital de San Lazaro founded. [4] 1801 - Fuerte de San Miguel (Campeche) (fort) built. 1821 - 5 November: Campeche secedes from Yucatán. [4] 1840 - June: Yucatecan occupation begins. [4] 1857 - 6–7 August: Coup in Campeche. [4] 1858 - State of Campeche ...
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche: Campeche: 1999 895; ii, iv (cultural) The town of Campeche was founded in the 16th century by the Spanish and served as an important centre for colonization and evangelization of the Yucatan Peninsula and nearby regions. It got its fortifications in the 17th and early 18th centuries to protect it from the ...
Natural history of Campeche (3 C, 5 P) Pages in category "History of Campeche" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The proper derivation of the word Yucatán is widely debated. 17th-century Franciscan historian Diego López de Cogolludo offers two theories in particular. [8] In the first one, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, having first arrived to the peninsula in 1517, inquired the name of a certain settlement and the response in Yucatec Mayan was "I don't understand", which sounded like yucatán to the ...
In 1617, Yucatán was administered as a Captaincy General of New Spain.Its geographical position gave it some autonomy. During the Spanish Viceroyalty, the province and captaincy of Yucatán covered the current territories of Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Yucatán, plus, nominally, the northern territories of the Petén and the territory that is currently Belize.
Chicanná is located in the state of Campeche, and is part of the ancient Maya Rio Bec region. [2] [3] The site was first studied by Jack Eaton in 1966 while exploring the Yucatán. [4] The most famous building at the site, Structure II, was studied later during excavations in 1970. [4] The core of Chicanná consists of seven buildings. [4]