Escárcega (municipality)

Infobox Settlement
name = Escárcega
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=50106
population_urban=
population_note= municipality
population_density_km2=auto
area_total_km2= 4569.64
elevation_m= 60
leader_title = Municipal president
leader_name = Aureliano Quirarte Rodríguez (2006-09)
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subdivision_type2 = Municipal seat
subdivision_name2 = Escárcega
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subdivision_name3 =
blank_name = Created
blank_info = 1 January 1991
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timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
website= [http://www.escarcega.gob.mx/idexan.html www.escarcega.gob.mx]
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Escárcega is one of the 11 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Escárcega.

History and geography

The municipality of Escárcega borders to the north with the municipality of Champotón, to the east with the municipality of Calakmul, to the south with the municipality of Candelaria, and to the west with the municipality of Carmen.

It covers 4,569.64 km², accounting for 8.0% of the state's total surface area.

The municipality was created on 1 January 1991. It took its name from its municipal seat, which was in turn named for Tlaxcalan railwayman Francisco Escárcega, who built the Ferrocarril del Sureste that runs from Coatzacoalcos, Ver., to Campeche, Camp.

Demographics

The 2005 INEGI census reported a population of 50,106. Of these, 2,910 spoke one of 21 indigenous languages, predominatly Ch'ol.

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/04009a.htm Escárcega] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

* [http://www.escarcega.gob.mx/idexan.html Ayuntamiento de Escárcega] Official website es icon