Tenabo Municipality

Tenabo
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Tenabo
Coordinates: 19°50′N 90°00′W
Kintra	Mexico
State	Campeche
Municipal seat	Tenabo
Govrenment
• Municipal preses	Julio Cesar Sánchez Caamal (2006–09)
Area
• Municipality	821 km2 (317 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Municipality	9,050
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
• Urban	6,934
	municipal seat
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Encomienda	1549
Municipality creatit	1786
Ceety status	1960
Website	www.tenabo.gob.mx

Tenabo (Yucatec Maya: "place whaur they measur bi haund-spans") is ane o the 11 municipalities in the Mexican state o Campeche. It is situatit on the coast in the north o the state. The municipal seat, an lairgest dounset, is the ceety o Tenabo, 36 km frae state caipital Campeche, Camp.

History and geography

The municipality o Tenabo borders tae the north wi the municipality o Hecelchakán, tae the east wi the municipality o Hopelchén, tae the sooth wi the municipality o Campeche, an tae the wast wi the Guwf o Mexico.

It covers 882 km², accoontin for 1.5% o the state's total surface aurie.

Demografics

Church at Tinún

The 2005 INEGI census reportit a population o 9,050, up frae 7,630 in 1990. O these, 1,686 spoke ane o several indigenous leids, predominatly Yucatec Maya an Tzeltal.

Population centres in the municipality include:

• Tenabo, the municipal seat, with 6,934 inhabitants
• Tinun (928 inhabitants)
• Emiliano Zapata (382)
• Kankí (182)
• Santa Rosa (170)
• Xkuncheil (102)

References

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
• Tenabo Archived 2007-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Freemit airtins

• Ayuntamiento de Tenabo Offeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie)