Municipalities of Campeche

Map of Mexico with Campeche highlighted

Campeche is a state on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico that is divided into thirteen municipalities.<ref name="census2020" /> According to the 2020 INEGI census, Campeche is the third least populous state with Template:Nts inhabitants and the 17th largest by land area spanning Template:Convert.<ref name="census2020" /><ref name="Landarea" />

Municipalities in Campeche are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.<ref name="constitution">Template:Cite act</ref> Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.<ref name="Mexicolaws">Template:Cite book</ref> They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.<ref name="Mexicolaws" />

The largest municipality by population in Campeche is the state capital Campeche, with 294,077 residents, while the smallest municipality by population is Palizada with 8,683 residents.<ref name="census2020" /> The largest municipality by area is Calakmul, which spans Template:Convert, while Tenabo is the smallest at Template:Convert.<ref name="Landarea" /> The first municipalities to incorporate were Campeche, Carmen, and Hecelchakán on Template:Dts,<ref name="Incorporationdate" /> and the newest municipalities are Dzitbalché and Seybaplaya, which incorporated Template:Dts.<ref name=decree>Template:Cite news</ref>

Municipalities

• Largest municipalities in Campeche by population
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  Campeche, Campeche's capital and largest municipality by population
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  Carmen, Campeche's second largest municipality by population
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  Coast of Champotón, the third largest municipality by population in Campeche

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Name	Municipal seat	Population (2020)<ref name="census2020">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population (2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Change	Land area<ref name="Landarea"> Template:Cite web</ref>		Population density (2020)	Incorporation date<ref name="Incorporationdate">Template:Cite book</ref>
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Calakmul	Xpujil	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Calkiní<ref group="lower-alpha">The population, land area and population density for Calkiní reflects municipal boundaries prior to the 2021 separation of the municipality of Dzitbalché.<ref name=decree/></ref>	Calkiní	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
CampecheTemplate:Dagger	Campeche	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Candelaria	Candelaria	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts<ref name="candelaria">Template:Cite web</ref>
Carmen	Ciudad del Carmen	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Champotón<ref group="lower-alpha">The 2020 population, land area and population density for Champotón reflects municipal boundaries after the 2021 separation of the municipality of Seybaplaya. The 2010 population for Champotón reflects its previous municipal boundaries including Seybaplaya.<ref name=decree/></ref>	Champotón	78,170	83,021	–	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Dzitbalché<ref group="lower-alpha">No population figures are available as Dzitbalché incorporated on January 1, 2021, and was thus not counted as a separate municipality for the 2020 census.<ref name="census2020" /></ref>	Dzitbalché	–	–	–	–	–	–	Template:Dts<ref name=decree/>
Escárcega	Escárcega	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Hecelchakán	Hecelchakán	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Hopelchén	Hopelchén	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Palizada	Palizada	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Seybaplaya<ref group="lower-alpha">Population figures are available as Seybaplaya despite its incorporation on January 1, 2021 after the 2020 census.<ref name="census2020" /></ref>	Seybaplaya	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts<ref name=decree/>
Tenabo	Tenabo	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Campeche	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	—
Mexico<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	—