Hopelchén Municipality
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.
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 km, accounting for 13% of the state's total surface area.
Climate
Climate data for Hopelchén | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36 (97) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19 (66) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18 (64) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 28 (1.1) |
25 (1) |
23 (0.9) |
41 (1.6) |
97 (3.8) |
170 (6.8) |
140 (5.4) |
180 (6.9) |
230 (8.9) |
120 (4.6) |
51 (2) |
28 (1.1) |
1,100 (44) |
Source: Weatherbase |
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