Municipio Calkiní
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Campeche | |
| Seat | Calkiní | |
| surface | 2,108.7 km² | |
| Residents | 52,890 (2010) | |
| density | 25.1 inhabitants per km² | |
| founding | 1916 | |
| Website | calkini.gob.mx | |
| INEGI no. | 04001 | |
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| Presidente municipal | Roque Jacinto Sánchez Golib | |
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Coordinates: 20 ° 22 ′ N , 90 ° 5 ′ W
Calkiní is a municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche . The Calkiní has 52,890 inhabitants (2010 census) and is 2108.7 km² in size. The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the eponymous Calkiní .
geography
The municipality of Calkiní is located in the far north of the Mexican state of Campeche largely at an altitude of less than 100 m . It is entirely part of the physiographic province of the Yucatán Peninsula and the Yucatán Norte hydrological region . The geology of the municipality is dominated by limestone (56%) and lacustrian sediments (41%), the predominant soil types are Solonchak (43%) and Leptosol (39%). About 40% of the community area is taken up by rainforest and about 25% by mangroves.
The municipality of Calkiní borders on the municipalities Hopelchén and Hecelchakán and the state of Yucatán .
population
The 2010 census counted 52,890 people in 12,666 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 26,442 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 25,910 speakers of the Mayathan . Almost 13% of the population was illiterate. 20,515 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 70% were men and 1.5% were unemployed. Over 19% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality of Calkiní comprises 53 inhabited localidades , of which the main town as well as Dzitbalché, Bécal, Nunkiní and Bacabchén are classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, ten towns had a population of over 1000, 36 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
| place | Residents |
| Calkiní | 14,934 |
| Dzitbalché | 11,686 |
| Bécal | 6,511 |
| Nunkiní | 5,859 |
| Bacabchén | 2,527 |
| Santa Cruz Pueblo | 1,908 |
| Tepakan | 1,895 |
| San Antonio Sahcabchén | 1,858 |
| Santa Cruz ex-hacienda | 1,255 |
| Tankuché | 1,066 |
| Pucnachén | 865 |
| Isla Arena | 754 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Calkiní (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Calkiní (Spanish; PDF)
