Xpujil

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title: "Xpujil" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-campeche", "municipality-seats-in-campeche"] description: "Town in the Mexican state of Campeche" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-campeche" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xpujil" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in the Mexican state of Campeche ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Xpujil
native_name
settlement_type
dot_x
pushpin_map	Mexico Campeche#Mexico
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Campeche
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Calakmul
leader_title1
established_title	Founded
unit_pref
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2010
population_total	3984
population_urban	3984
timezone	CST
utc_offset	-6
coordinates
elevation_m	260
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	24640
area_code	983
blank1_name	Demonym
blank1_info	Xpujilense
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Xpujil is located in the south-east of the state, close to the border with Quintana Roo to the east and Peten, Guatemala, to the south. With Escárcega, Campeche 153 km to the west and Chetumal, Quintana Roo 120 km to the east it is a useful midway point on Federal Highway 186. Close to the town are the Maya ruins of Xpuhil (1 km) and Becan (8 km), Chicanná, Balamcan, Hormiguero. Further to the south-west is the major Maya site of Calakmul, in the 7230 km2 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.

Highway 186 was, as of February 2009, undergoing a major refurbishment to a multilane highway that will improve access to the zone.

In addition to providing services for the local community, Xpujil has a paved runway and serves as the gateway for tourists visiting those areas, with restaurants, transportation services, modest hotels, etc. Currently many tourists travel by road from Cancun to Palenque, and stop to visit the many Mayan sites in the region.

There are plans to increase room availability and other services for eco-tourism and other activities within the Calakmul Ecological reserve.

XEPUJ, a government-run indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish, Yucatec Maya and Ch'ol, is based in Xpujil.

Valeriana

Main article: Valeriana (city)

Valeriana In October 2024 it was announced that a huge city, including pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres, had been discovered underground near Xpujil, using lidar. The discoverer named it "Valeriana", after a nearby lake, "Laguna La Valeriana", the dry bed of which had been used by drug smugglers as an airstrip.

Transportation

Main article: :es:Estación de Xpujil

| name = [[File:Picto32 Xpujil.png|25px]] Xpujil | style = Tren Maya | coordinates = | address = Xpujil | country = Mexico | opened = December 15, 2024 | services =

Xpujil is served by a station of the Tren Maya, which opened on December 15, 2024

References

References

1. link. (May 2, 2013)
2. "Calakmul". [[Secretaría de Desarrollo Social]] (SEDESOL).
3. Rannard, Georgina. (29 October 2024). "PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident". bbc.co.uk.
4. (October 2024). "Running out of empty space: environmental lidar and the crowded ancient landscape of Campeche, Mexico: Antiquity : Cambridge Core". Cambridge University Press.
5. (29 June 2019). "Eran dos narcoaeródromos". Por Esto Online.
6. SIPSE.com. (7 June 2023). "Mara Lezama comparte cómo lucirá estación del Tren Maya en Chetumal".
7. (December 15, 2024). "Tren Maya simboliza la grandeza cultural de México destaca Claudia Sheinbaum".

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