Municipio Hopelchén
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Campeche | |
| Seat | Hopelchén | |
| surface | 7,803.2 km² | |
| Residents | 37,777 (2010) | |
| density | 4.84 inhabitants per km² | |
| founding | 1916 | |
| Website | hopelchen.gob.mx/ | |
| INEGI no. | 04006 | |
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| Presidente municipal | Sandy Areli Baas Cauich | |
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Coordinates: 19 ° 30 ′ N , 89 ° 45 ′ W
Hopelchén is a municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche . The municipality has 37,777 inhabitants (2010 census) and is 7803.2 km² in size. The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is Hopelchén of the same name .
The name Hopelchén translates as 'five wells'. The two archaeological sites of Santa Rosa Xtampak and Dzibilnocac are among the tourist attractions in the municipality .
geography
The municipality of Hopelchén is located in the northeast of the Mexican state of Campeche largely at an altitude between 100 m and 200 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Yucatán peninsula and to the sub-province of the karst and hills of Campeche. The geology of the municipality is dominated by limestone (89%) with 5% Alluvionen , the predominant soil types are Leptosol (50%), Vertisol (15%) and Luvisol (14%). Almost 90% of the community area is forested, around 8% are used for agriculture.
The municipality of Hopelchén borders the municipalities of Calkiní , Hecelchakán , Tenabo , Campeche , Champotón and Calakmul as well as the states of Yucatán and Quintana Roo .
population
The 2010 census counted 37,777 people in a good 8,300 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 15,867 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 15,558 speakers of the Mayathan . Almost 12% of the population was illiterate. 12,726 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 85% were men and 1.3% were unemployed. Over 31% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality of Hopelchén comprises 122 inhabited localidades , of which the main town as well as Bolonchén de Rejón and Vicente Guerrero are classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, eight towns had a population of over 1000, 65 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
| place | Residents |
| Hopelchén | 7,295 |
| Bolonchén de Rejón | 3,975 |
| Vicente Guerrero | 3,198 |
| Dzibalchén | 2,340 |
| Ukum | 2,019 |
| Xmabén | 1,228 |
| Suc-Tuc | 1,179 |
| Becanchén | 997 |
| I-ek | 970 |
| Xcupil | 881 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Hopelchén (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Hopelchén (Spanish; PDF)
