Dzitbalché
Encyclopedia
Dzitbalché is a large town
in the extreme northern part of the Mexican
state of Campeche. It is located at 20.32°N 90.05°W, within the municipality
of Calkiní
. At the 2005 census the population was 10,951 inhabitants, the sixth-largest community in the state, and the second-largest in the municipality behind the city of Calkiní
.
Town
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in the extreme northern part of the Mexican
Mexico
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state of Campeche. It is located at 20.32°N 90.05°W, within the municipality
Municipalities of Mexico
Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...
of Calkiní
Calkiní (municipality)
Calkiní is one of the 11 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated at the northern tip of the state, on the central western coast the Yucatán Peninsula...
. At the 2005 census the population was 10,951 inhabitants, the sixth-largest community in the state, and the second-largest in the municipality behind the city of Calkiní
Calkiní
Calkiní is a city in the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated at the northern tip of the state, on the central western coast the Yucatán Peninsula...
.
External links
- Transparencia de la Ciudad de Calkiní Official website of Municipality of Calkiní
See also
- Songs of DzitbalcheSongs of DzitbalcheThe [Book of the] Songs of Dzitbalché is the source of almost all the ancient Mayan lyric poems that have survived, and is closely connected to the Books of Chilam Balam, sacred books of the colonial Yucatec Maya. The sole surviving copy of the Songs of Dzitbalché was written in alphabetic Mayan...