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'''Campeche''' is a Mexican state in the South-East of [[Mexico]], in the [[Yucatán]] Peninsula. It borders the States of Yucatán (NE), Quintana Roo (E), and Tabasco (SW); it also borders [[Guatemala]] (S), [[Belize]] (SE), and the [[Gulf of Mexico]] (W). 

== Cities and towns==
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*[[Campeche City]]
*[[Calkiní]]
*[[Candelaria]]
*[[Champotón]]
*[[Ciudad del Carmen]]
*[[Dzitbalché]]
*[[Escárcega]]
*[[Hecelchakán]]
*[[Hopelchén]]
*[[Tenabo]]
*[[Xpuhil]]


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== Mayan ruins ==
[[Image:Edzna.jpg|thumb|Archaeologist Antonio Benavides Castillo at Etzna, 1988.]]
Among the State's archaeological sites are [[Edzna]], [[Calakmul]], the biggest Mayan city discovered so far, Becan, Santa Rosa Xtampak, Chicanna, Xpuhil, [[Jaina]] and El Hormiguero. [[Edzna]], discovered in 1906, is Campeche's most visited site and an important one in the Mayan World.




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== Gastronomy ==
 
Campeche State has a very rich culinary tradition. The food  includes coconut shrimp, bread of dogfish, octopus cocktail,  shellfish, red snapper and garlic shrimp.

== Handicrafts ==
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Made of:

Tortoiseshell 

Palm of Jipi 

Wood 

Shells 

Clay and porcelains ceramic 

Embroidered clothes 

Gold and silver jewelry

== See also ==

*[[Chichen Itza]] 
*[[Tikal]]
*[[Justo Sierra Mendez]]
*[[Joaquin Clausell]]
*[[Jorge Denegre Vaught Peña]]


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== External links ==
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*[http://www.campeche.gob.mx/ Official Portal of the Government of the State of Campeche (Spanish)]
*[http://www.visitmexico.com/en/campeche Campeche Tourism]
*[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/895 World Heritage]
*[http://victorian.fortunecity.com/tiffany/467/edzna.htm Edzna]
*[http://www.campechetravel.com/PAGESWEB-INGLES/subatractivosturis-gastronomia.htm Gastronomy]
*[http://www.campechetravel.com/PAGESWEB-INGLES/index-atractivosturisticos.htm Religious architecture]
*[http://www.beloit.edu/~museum/logan/catalog/camerica/yucatan/ancientmaya/oldmayaimages3.htm#artifact4 Beloit College's Logan Museum's display of Jaina figurines]

[[Category:Mexican States]]
[[Category:Mexican History]]
[[Category:Mayan World]]