Hecelchakán

Hecelchakán is one of the 11 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Hecelchakán. The municipality had a 2005 census population of 26,973, with 9,974 in the municipal seat. The municipality covers an area of 1,331.99 km² (514.284 sq mi) and includes numerous smaller outlying communities, the largest of which is the town of Pomuch. The name comes from the Maya words helel (savanna) and chakan (rest). Hecelchakán borders to the north with the municipality of Calkiní, to the south with Tenabo, to the east with the state of Yucatán and the municipality of Hopelchén, and to the west with the Gulf of Mexico, with 24 km of shoreline. It is at an average altitude of 10 m above...