Tenabo (municipality)

Infobox Settlement
name = Tenabo
settlement_type = Municipality
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Mexico
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Campeche
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population_as_of=2005
population_total=9050
population_urban= 6,934
population_note= municipal seat
population_density_km2=auto
area_total_km2= 821
elevation_m= 10
leader_title = Municipal president
leader_name = Julio Cesar Sánchez Caamal (2006-09)
leader_party =
subdivision_type2 = Municipal seat
subdivision_name2 = Tenabo
subdivision_type3 =
subdivision_name3 =
blank_name = Encomienda
blank_info = 1549
blank1_name = Municipality created
blank1_info = 1786
blank2_name = City status
blank2_info = 1960
timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
latd =19 | latm =50 | lats = | latNS =N
longd = 90 | longm= 00 | longs= | longEW =W
website= [http://www.tenabo.gob.mx/wb2/ www.tenabo.gob.mx]
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Tenabo (Yucatec Maya: "place where they measure by hand-spans") is one of the 11 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. 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 state capital Campeche, Camp.

History and geography

The municipality of Tenabo borders to the north with the municipality of Hecelchakán, to the east with the municipality of Hopelchén, to the south with the municipality of Campeche, and to the west with the Gulf of Mexico.

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

Demographics

The 2005 INEGI census reported a population of 9,050, up from 7,630 in 1990. Of these, 1,686 spoke one of several indigenous languages, predominatly Yucatec Maya and Tzeltal.

Population centres in the municipality include:
*Tenabo, the municipal seat, with 6,934 inhabitants
*Tinun (928 inhabitants)
*Emiliano Zapata (382)
*Kankí (182)
*Santa Rosa (170)
*Xkuncheil (102)

References

* [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
* [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/campeche/Mpios/04008a.htm Tenabo] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

* [http://www.tenabo.gob.mx/ Ayuntamiento de Tenabo] Official website es icon