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Hopelchén Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche

Municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche

FieldValue
nameHopelchén
settlement_typeMunicipality
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameMexico
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Campeche
pushpin_mapMexico Campeche#Mexico
image_skylineHopelchen en Campeche.svg
image_shieldHopelchen.jpg
mapsize250px
population_as_of2010
population_total37777
population_density_km2auto
area_total_km27460.27
leader_titleMunicipal president
leader_nameJulio Alberto Sansores Sansores (2006–09)
subdivision_type2Municipal seat
subdivision_name2Hopelchén
blank_nameSpanish foundation
blank_info1621
blank1_nameCity status
blank1_infoFebruary 26, 1959
timezoneCST
utc_offset−6
timezone_DSTCDT
utc_offset_DST−5
coordinates
website[www.hopelchen.gob.mx](https://web.archive.org/web/20070613002931/http://www.hopelchen.gob.mx/wb2/)

Hopelchén (Yucatec Maya: "place of five wells") is one of the 13 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated inland in the north of the state. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Hopelchén.

Demographics

The 2005 INEGI census reported a population of 34,687, down from 36,271 in 1990. Of the 1990 figure, 17,664 spoke one of several indigenous languages, predominantly Yucatec Maya with 14,983 and Ch'ol with 2,039; the total number of indigenous language speakers had fallen to 15,416 by 2005. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 37,777.

As of 2010, the city of Hopelchén had a population of 7,295. Other than the city of Hopelchén, the municipality had 269 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Bolonchén de Rejón (3,975), Vicente Guerrero (3,198), classified as urban, and Dzibalchén (2,340), Ukum (2,019), Xmabén (1,228), Suc-Tuc (1,179), and Chunchintok (1,086), classified as rural.

Mennonites

The 2020 Mexican census found that of the municipality's 42,170 residents, about 6,000 or 15% were Mennonites (a group of German and Dutch descent who speak the Plautdietsch German dialect). They were concentrated in the communities of Nuevo Progreso, El Temporal, Nuevo Durango, La Nueva Trinidad, Las Flores, Las Palmas, Santa Rosa, Santa Fe, La Estrella, and La Esperanza.

Geography

The municipality of Hopelchén is bordered to the north and east by the state of Yucatán; to the south by the municipality of Calakmul, and to the west by the municipalities of Champotón, Campeche, Tenabo and Hecelchakán.

It covers 7,460.27 km2, accounting for 13% of the state's total surface area.

Climate

Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

Heritage

The Maya archaeological sites of Chunan-Tunich, Dzibilnocac, Santa Rosa Xtampak, Hochob and Pak-Chén are located in the municipality. It is also home to two cave complexes: Chuncedro and Xtacumbilxuna’an

References

References

  1. "Hopelchén". [[Secretaría de Desarrollo Social]] (SEDESOL).
  2. (July 1, 2024). "En Hopelchén, el 15% de la población es menonita, según Inegi".
  3. Strochlic, Nina. (12 April 2019). "An Unlikely Feud Between Beekeepers and Mennonites Simmers in Mexico". [[National Geographic]].
  4. "Mennonites Colony of Hopelchen, Mexico".
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