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Can Pech (also Cun Pech, Kaan Pech, or Kaan Peech) was the name of a Maya chiefdom of the southwestern Yucatán Peninsula, before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century. Can Pech was south of Ah Canul and north of Chakán Putum , on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico . [ 1 ]
Both the seat of the municipality and the state's capital, the city had a population of 220,389 in the 2010 census, [3] while the municipality had a population of 259,005. [3] The city was founded in 1540 by Spanish conquistadores as San Francisco de Campeche atop the pre-existing Maya city of Can Pech. Little trace remains of the Pre-Columbian ...
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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 ...
Valeriana is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche in the tropical rainforest jungle near its eastern border with the state of Quintana Roo. [1] Its discovery was announced in October 2024, and the site was named after an adjacent lake.
The municipality of Hopelchén is bordered to the north and east by the state of Yucatán; to the south by the municipality of Calakmul, and to the west by the municipalities of Champotón, Campeche, Tenabo and Hecelchakán. It covers 7,460.27 km 2, accounting for 13% of the state's total surface area.
1685 - Campeche raided by Dutch pirate Laurens de Graaf. [3] [2] 1732 - Puerta de la Tierra (gate) erected. [citation needed] 1760 - Catedral de Campeche built. 1762 - San José el Alto fort built. [citation needed] 1777 - Campeche attains city status; [4] Campeche coat of arms established. 1796 - Hospital de San Lazaro founded. [4]
On November 15, 2019, President López Obrador declared that a referendum on the Mayan Train would be held on December 15, 2019, in Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo. [22] The weekend of December 15–16, 2019, 92.3% of the people who participated in the consultation voted in favor, while 7.4% voted against the proposal.