Tenabo (

Yucatec Maya Yucatec Maya ( ; referred to by its speakers as or ) is a Mayan languages, Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, including part of northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic community of Yucatec Maya speakers in San Fra ...

: "place where they measure by hand-spans") is one of the 13

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in the

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Campeche Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the sta ...

. It is situated on the coast in the north of the state. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Tenabo, 36 km from

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Campeche, Camp. As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 10,665.

Geography

The municipality of Tenabo borders to the north with

Hecelchakán Municipality Hecelchakán () is one of the 13 Municipalities of Campeche, municipalities in the Mexico, Mexican mexican state, state of Campeche. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Hecelchakán. The municipality had a 2005 census popul ...

, to the east with

Hopelchén Municipality Hopelchén (Yucatec Maya: "place of five wells") is one of the 13 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated inland in the north of the state. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Hopelchén. Demograp ...

, to the south with

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, and to the west with the

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. It covers 882 km², accounting for 1.5% of the state's total surface area.

Demographics

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 9,736. As of 2010, the city of Tenabo had a population of 7,543. Other than the city of Tenabo, the municipality had 90 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.

References

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

Ayuntamiento de Tenabo
Official website {{Campeche Municipalities of Campeche