Tenabo is one of the 11 municipalities

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...

 in the Mexican

Mexico

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 state of Campeche

Campeche

Campeche is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in Southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Yucatán to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west...

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

Tenabo

Tenabo is a city in the Mexican state of Campeche.It is located in the north of the state, 35 km from the state capital Campeche, Camp., and 110 km from Mérida, Yucatán, along Federal Highway 180...

, 36 km from state capital Campeche, Camp

Campeche, Campeche

San Francisco de Campeche is the capital city of the Mexican state of Campeche, located at,...

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History and geography

The municipality of Tenabo borders to the north with the municipality of Hecelchakán

Hecelchakán

Hecelchakán is a city in the Mexican state of Campeche. The city is located some 70 km to the north of the state capital Campeche. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The city had a 2005 census population of 9,974, while the municipality had a population of 26,973...

, to the east with the municipality of Hopelchén

Hopelchén

Hopelchén is a city in the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated inland in the north of the state. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding Hopelchén Municipality.-References:...

, to the south with the municipality of Campeche, and to the west with the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...

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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

Languages of Mexico

The government of Mexico recognizes 68 distinct indigenous Amerindian languages as national languages in addition to Spanish. According to the Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples and National Institute of Indigenous Languages [INALI], while 10-14% of the population identifies as...

, predominatly Yucatec Maya and Tzeltal

Tzeltal language

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Population centres in the municipality include:

• Tenabo
  Tenabo
  Tenabo is a city in the Mexican state of Campeche.It is located in the north of the state, 35 km from the state capital Campeche, Camp., and 110 km from Mérida, Yucatán, along Federal Highway 180...
  
  , the municipal seat, with 6,934 inhabitants
• Tinun (928 inhabitants)
• Emiliano Zapata (382)
• Kankí
  Kanki
  , also romanized as Kanki, was a after Antei and before Joei. This period spanned the years from March 1229 to April 1232. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1229 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events...
  
   (182)
• Santa Rosa (170)
• Xkuncheil (102)

External links

• Ayuntamiento de Tenabo Official website