Escárcega
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Escárcega (Template:IPA) is a small city in the Mexican state of Campeche, located at Template:Coord in the central part of the state. As of 2010, the city of Escárcega had a population of 29,477.<ref name=SEDESOL>Template:Cite web</ref>
The city serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name, which includes the city and its hinterland. In 2010 the population of Escárcega municipality was 54,184.<ref name=SEDESOL/> Its area is Template:Convert, which includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which is called División del Norte.
Escárcega is at the junction of Federal Highways 251 and 186, and is crossed by the railway that runs from Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, to Campeche, Campeche. It is a new city that grew up in the 20th century with the arrival of the railways and roads. It is named after Francisco Escárcega, a native of Tlaxcala who fought in the Mexican Revolution and oversaw the construction of much of the rail network in the country's southeast.
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References
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Campeche Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México