City of Campeche

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The City of Campeche is a colonial-era port city on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, renowned for its well-preserved Spanish architecture, colorful historic center, and extensive fortifications built to defend against pirates.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Campeche City 8
City of Campeche canonical 2
San Francisco de Campeche 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipal seat
capitalOf Campeche (state) NERFINISHED
climate tropical savanna climate
continent North America
country Mexico
defensivePurpose protection against pirate attacks
formerName San Francisco de Campeche NERFINISHED
foundedBy Francisco de Montejo the Younger NERFINISHED
Spanish colonists
foundingDate 1540
hasCulturalDesignation Pueblo Mágico (historic center influence) NERFINISHED
hasLandmark Cathedral of Campeche NERFINISHED
El Palacio Municipal de Campeche NERFINISHED
Malecón de Campeche NERFINISHED
Plaza de la Independencia NERFINISHED
hasMuseum Museo de Arquitectura Maya NERFINISHED
Museo de la Ciudad de Campeche NERFINISHED
hasStructure Fort of San José el Alto NERFINISHED
Fort of San Miguel NERFINISHED
Puerta de Mar NERFINISHED
Puerta de Tierra NERFINISHED
bastions (baluartes)
city walls of Campeche NERFINISHED
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
knownFor colorful historic center
defensive walls and bastions
extensive fortifications
historic port
pirate-era history
well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture
language Spanish
locatedAt approx. 19.85°N 90.53°W
locatedIn Campeche (state) NERFINISHED
locatedOn Gulf of Mexico
Yucatán Peninsula NERFINISHED
nearestLargeBodyOfWater Bay of Campeche NERFINISHED
partOf municipality of Campeche NERFINISHED
portType seaport
primaryEconomicActivity commerce
fishing
tourism
region southeastern Mexico
timeZone Central Standard Time (UTC−6)
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time (UTC−5) NERFINISHED
UNESCOListingYear 1999
UNESCOSiteName Historic Fortified Town of Campeche NERFINISHED
urbanPlanning grid pattern colonial layout

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Ah Kim Pech siteBecame city of Campeche
subject linked to: Mayan settlement of Ah Kim Pech
linked to: City of Campeche
Fuerte de San Miguel locatedIn Campeche City
linked to: City of Campeche
Fuerte de San Miguel hasView Campeche City
linked to: City of Campeche
Baluartes of Campeche locatedIn Campeche City
subject linked to: Baluartes (bastions)
linked to: City of Campeche
Museo de la Ciudad de Campeche locatedIn Campeche City
linked to: City of Campeche
Fuerte de San José el Alto locatedIn Campeche City
linked to: City of Campeche
Fuerte de San José el Alto hasView City of Campeche
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception locatedIn Campeche City
linked to: City of Campeche
Campeche capital San Francisco de Campeche
subject linked to: Campeche state
linked to: City of Campeche
Campeche capital Campeche City
subject linked to: Campeche state
linked to: City of Campeche
Campeche largestCity San Francisco de Campeche
subject linked to: Campeche state
linked to: City of Campeche
Southeastern Mexico hasMajorCity Campeche City
subject linked to: southeastern Mexico
linked to: City of Campeche