Campeche Airfares (CPE) - Mexico

Campeche, Mexico - City Overview and Airfare Information

Campeche

The State of Campeche is a state in the south-east region of the Mexican Republic. It is bordered by the Mexican states of Yucatán to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west. To the south it is bordered by the Petén department of Guatemala and to the west by the Gulf of Mexico.

The area of Campeche is 56,798 km² (about 21,924 square miles), and the population is only around 754,730 inhabitants. This makes Campeche one of the states with the lowest population densities in Mexico.

The capital city of the state is the city of San Francisco de Campeche, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

In addition to the city of Campeche, the state of Campeche includes the cities of Champotón, Ciudad del Carmen, and Escárcega, the towns of Bolonchén, Calkiní, Dzitbalché, Hecelchakán, Hopelchén, Lerma, Tenabo, and Sabancuy, and many ruins of the Maya civilization such as Becán, Calakmul, Silvituc, Dzibilnocac, Edzna, Hocchob, Holactún, Rio Bec, Uxul, Xicalango, Xpuhil, and Xtampak.

Campeche is Spanish for 'logwood'.

Campeche is subdivied into 11 municipalities (municipios). See municipalities of Campeche.

• Inhabitants: 754,730
• Age Average: 24 years.
• Anual Population Growth: 1.46%
• Population at the Capital: 216,900.
• Population that speaks a native tongue: 89,000.
• Population that does not speak spanish: 3,140

Data from the II Conteo de Población y Vivienda 2000, INEGI.