Isla del Carmen
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| Waters | Laguna de Términos , Campeche Bay , Gulf of Campeche , Gulf of Mexico | |
| Geographical location | 18 ° 39 ′ N , 91 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| length | 37 km | |
| width | 7 km | |
| surface | 153 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 479 m | |
| Residents | 169.725 (2010) 1109 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Ciudad del Carmen | |
Isla del Carmen is a Mexican island in the Laguna de Términos in the Gulf of Mexico . Administratively it belongs to the municipality ( municipio ) Municipio del Carmen of the state of Campeche . Their municipal capital ( cabecera municipal ) Ciudad del Carmen is also the capital of the island.
geography
With around 170,000 inhabitants, Isla del Carmen is the island with the highest population of any island in Mexico, followed by Cozumel . In terms of population density , it is only surpassed by Isla Mujeres . In terms of area, it is the ninth largest island in Mexico.
Isla del Carmen is a flat island with an elongated floor plan. Together with Isla Aguada in the northeast (the westernmost branch of the Peninsula El Palmar peninsula ) it closes the Laguna de Términos from the open Gulf of Campeche , part of the Gulf of Mexico .
The city of Ciudad del Carmen, located at the southwestern end of the island, has almost the entire island population (169,466 of 169,725 inhabitants in the 2010 census). The second largest place Las Brisas del Mar ( 18 ° 41 ′ N , 91 ° 44 ′ W ) had 62 inhabitants, followed by Punta del Este ( 18 ° 42 ′ N , 91 ° 41 ′ W ) with 17. Otherwise there are 42 Hamlets and individual settlements with a population between 1 and 14.
In the southwest, the Puente de Zacatal bridge leads to the mainland of the Atasta peninsula . In the northeast, the Puente de la unidad bridge leads to Isla Aguada . The federal road Carretera Federal 180 runs over the mentioned bridges and lengthways through the island, which leads back to the mainland in the northeast at Isla Aguada (currently no island , formerly Isla Puerto Real ). The Puente de Zacatal was completed in 1994 and the Puente de la unidad in 1982.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Censo de 2010
- ↑ Localidades, Campeche, censo de 2010
- ↑ Carmen, municipio que trasciende. Coordinación de tourismo. Puentes ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
