HISTORY OF THE PLACES. 2

HISTORY OF CAMPECHE.



Campeche is a city of Mexico. Campeche is localized to south-east of mexicam Republic and to the west of the peninsula of yucatan.

There are differents teorys about og origen of the word CAMPECHE, In this territory there were Mayas, one was is can pech, your name is the word maya "serpiente and pech"

"garrapata" is same "lugar de serpientes y garrapatas".

Campeche has a extension of 57.924 km², this is the 3,0% territory´s national. Your present population is 754,730 inhabitants, the o,7% country's total.

Campeche is in a position of transition with the Petén´s rainforest and Baja California´s rainforest of the Peninsula of Yucatan.

Coat of arms.

The coat of arms was only of San Francisco of Campeche cuty, awarded in 1777 for the king Carlos III, of Spain, but after for all state. The coat of arms is divided in four. this are barracks.

The red color represent bravery,honesty,strength, The towers express the nobility and power of territory. The ships of the higher area indicate the important condicion maritime, the blue color is the purity´s feelings(loyalty,honesty).

The coat of arms has a tack of gold and in the higher area there is real crown that express majesty.

The story´s Campeche stared in the preclasico period in 55o B.C. During this time, the region maya, had migrants movements. This taked of south to north important people, maybe for colonize empty regions in this moment. This movement had cause a growth of population.

In the coast the first settlements were the result of two current. The south- west was ocupped for groups lands mayas of south. In the coast north the groups were of the peninsula. the places importants of the coast south are Aguacatal, Xicalango y Tixchel.

The first inhabitants of Aguacatal arrived in the year300 and 100 BC and were the creators of a new cultura with buildings and chicanel ceramic.

The extraction and marketing of sal was the main activity of this groups, where was possible your explotation. In this zone the events most important were during the period clasiccal. In the period preclassical the settlement were little.

There are archeological places in Camapeche how Calakmul, Hormiguero and Rio bec in the south, "el tigre" in the sout west, Dzibilnocac and Tabasqueño in the center and jaina in the coast north.

In the final preclassical had periods very dinamics, this had a increase of tha population. maybe with demographic pressure.