Campeche (state)
''Campeche is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. This article is about the state. For the city, see: Campeche.
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The State of Campeche was long a part of YucatÃÂán and shared its history through the mid 19th century. Campeche broke away from YucatÃÂán and became a separate state of the United Mexican States on August 7, 1857.
Campeche is bordered by the Mexican states of YucatÃÂán to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west. To the south it is bordered by the PetÃÂén department of Guatemala, to the south east by Belize, and to the west by the Gulf of Mexico. The area of Campeche is 56,798 km² (about 21,924 square miles).
In addition to the city of Campeche, the State of Campeche includes the cities of ChampotÃÂón, Ciudad del Carmen, and EscÃÂárcega, the towns of Bolonchen, CalkinÃÂÃÂ, DzitbalchÃÂé, Hecelchakan, Hopelchen, Lerma, Tenabo, and Sabancuy, and many ruins of the Maya civilization such as Becan, Calacmul, Civiltuk, Dzibilnocac, Etzna, Hochob, Holactun, Rio Bec, Uxul, Xicalango, Xpuhil, and Xtampak.
See also: Municipalities of Campeche
Campeche
Map from the 1910s
| States of Mexico | |
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| Aguascalientes | Baja California | Baja California Sur | Campeche | Chiapas | Chihuahua | Coahuila | Colima | Durango | Guanajuato | Guerrero | Hidalgo | Jalisco | MÃÂéxico | MichoacÃÂán | Morelos | Nayarit | Nuevo LeÃÂón | Oaxaca | Puebla | QuerÃÂétaro | Quintana Roo | San Luis PotosÃÂà| Sinaloa | Sonora | Tabasco | Tamaulipas | Tlaxcala | Veracruz | YucatÃÂán | Zacatecas | |
| Federal District: Mexican Federal District | |