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The Bay of Campeche (Spanish: Bahía de Campeche), or Campeche Sound, is a bight in the southern area of the Gulf of Mexico, forming the north side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is surrounded on three sides by the Mexican states of Campeche , Tabasco and Veracruz .
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 ...
Map of Mexico with Campeche highlighted. Campeche is a state on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico that is divided into thirteen municipalities. [1] According to the 2020 Mexican census, Campeche is the third least populous state with 928,363 inhabitants and the 17th largest by land area spanning 57,693.59 square kilometres (22,275.62 sq mi).
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 ...
Español: Ubicación del Estado de Campeche — Península de Yucatán, en la República Mexicana. English: Locator map of the State of Campeche . On the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern México.
Campeche Bank extends from the Yucatán Straits in the east to the Tabasco–Campeche Basin in the west and includes Arrecife Alacran. Bay of Campeche is a bight extending from the western edge of Campeche Bank to the offshore regions east of Veracruz. Western Gulf of Mexico is located between Veracruz to the south and the Rio Grande to the north.
Map of the Mexican state of Campeche (with the new border with Quintana Roo) and its neighbors Spanish Mapa del estado mexicano de Campeche (con la nueva frontera con Quintana Roo) y sus vecinos
English: Location Map of Campeche. Equirectangular projection, Geographic limits of the map: N: 21° N ... Campeche; Calakmul; Campeche (city) Campeche International ...