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1973 - Novedades de Campeche newspaper begins publication. [6] 1975 - Tribuna de Campeche newspaper begins publication. [6] 1980 - Piratas de Campeche baseball team formed. 1981 - Corsarios de Campeche football club formed. 1989 - Autonomous University of Campeche established. 1990 - Population: 150,518. [4] 1994 - El Sur de Campeche newspaper ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Republic of Yucatán declared independence the same year, and remained in intermittent armed conflict with Mexico from 1836 through 1846. In an attempt to quell the rebellion, Mexico attempted to blockade the Yucatecan port of Campeche. The Battle of Campeche resulted when the allied forces of Texas and Yucatan attempted to lift the blockade.
Most of Campeche's population lived near the coast. The Puuc hills had been densely populated in the classic Maya period, but were largely abandoned after the Maya collapse . There may have been as many as 36,000 people in Campeche at the time of the first contact with Spaniards, but by 1540, only 5,985 people were left in the city, largely ...
In the green field highlighted, five stars, symbolizing the five departments that Yucatan was divided by decree of November 30, 1840: Mérida, Izamal, Valladolid, Tekax and Campeche." [ 37 ] The flag did not have official recognition in the state until August 2024, [ failed verification ] however, it maintained a strong recognition among the ...