Carmen Municipality

Carmen
Municipality
Seal
Location of Carmen
Carmen Location of Carmen
Coordinates: 18°38′35″N 91°49′50″W
Kintra	Mexico
State	Campeche
Municipal seat	Ciudad del Carmen
Govrenment
• Municipal preses	José Ignacio Seara Sierra (2006-09)
Area
• Total	9720.09 km2 (3,752.95 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	199,988
• Density	21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Created	1916
Demonym	Carmeios o Carmelitas
Postal Code	24180
Website	www.carmen.gob.mx/

Carmen is ane o the 11 municipalities that mak up the Mexican state o Campeche. It is situatit at the sooth-wast o the state, on an aroond the Laguna de Términos. The municipal seat, an lairgest dounset, is Ciudad del Carmen.

The name "Carmen" is in honour o 16 Julie, the feast o Nuestra Señora del Carmen, after the date in 1717 when Spainyie colonial authorities feenally expelled the pirates from the island now kent as Isla del Carmen.

History an geografie

The municipality o Carmen borders tae the north wi the Gulf o Mexico; tae the wast wi the municipality o Palizada; an tae the east wi the municipalities o Champotón, Escárcega an Candelaria. It covers a total surface aurie o 9,720.09 km².

Demographics

The 2005 census reportit a population o 199,988 persons. O these, 4,151 spoke ane o 25 indigenous leids uised in the municipality, predominantly Ch'ol an Yucatec Maya.

Population centres in the municipality include:

• Ciudad del Carmen, the municipal seat

References

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
• Carmen Archived 2007-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Freemit airtins

• Ayuntamiento de Carmen Offeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie)
• Municipio de Carmen frae offeecial Campeche state govrenment wabsteid (in Spaingie)