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  2. Campeche - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Campeche (city) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of Mexican state name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Campeche: Yucatec Mayan: Kaan Peech: The state takes its name from the city of Campeche, which was founded in 1540 by Spanish Conquistadores as San Francisco de Campeche atop the preexisting Maya city of Canpech or Kimpech. The native name means "place of snakes and ticks." Chiapas: Nahuatl: Chiapan "Place where the chia sage grows"

  5. Timeline of Campeche City - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Category:History of Campeche - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of Campeche" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. L.

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    Additional units were scheduled to depart Cancun and Campeche, while still others were expected to move north by road. They would join the more than 10,000 troops already stationed along Mexico’s northern border, whose presence has been unable to stifle persistent violence in a region closely held by organized crime to allow the smuggling of ...

  8. Spanish conquest of the Maya - Wikipedia

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    Mérida and Campeche were forewarned of the impending attack; Montejo the Younger and his cousin were in Campeche. Montejo the Elder arrived in Mérida from Chiapas in December 1546, with reinforcements gathered from Champoton and Campeche. The rebellious eastern Maya were finally defeated in a single battle, in which twenty Spaniards and ...

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    The president did not immediately offer details on how the U.S. would manage the site and what it would do with it. “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too.