Chicxulub Municipality

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Chicxulub Municipality is an administrative region in the Mexican state of Yucatán, known for encompassing the area associated with the Chicxulub impact crater linked to the dinosaur extinction event.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
municipality
administrativeLanguage Spanish
associatedWith Chicxulub impact crater NERFINISHED
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event NERFINISHED
dinosaur extinction event
borderedBy other municipalities of Yucatán state
climate tropical climate
contains Chicxulub Pueblo NERFINISHED
Chicxulub Puerto NERFINISHED
part of Chicxulub crater structure
continent North America
country Mexico
economyIncludes agriculture
fishing
tourism
geologicalSignificance overlies buried Chicxulub impact structure
governedBy municipal president
governmentType municipal government
hasCapital Chicxulub Pueblo NERFINISHED
hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED
hasDemographics predominantly Maya and mestizo population
hasFeature coastal plain
karst terrain
low-lying limestone platform
hasHistoricalSignificance linked to scientific study of mass extinction
hasJurisdictionOver Chicxulub Pueblo inland town
Chicxulub Puerto coastal community
hasScientificRelevance site of geophysical surveys of impact crater
hasSettlementType urban and rural localities
languageUsed Spanish
Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED
locatedAt approximate center of Chicxulub impact crater region
locatedIn Yucatán NERFINISHED
Yucatán Peninsula
southeastern Mexico
locatedNear Mérida NERFINISHED
Progreso Municipality NERFINISHED
locatedOn Gulf of Mexico coast NERFINISHED
namedAfter Chicxulub NERFINISHED
partOf Chicxulub region NERFINISHED
State of Yucatán NERFINISHED
municipalities of Yucatán
timeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time
timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Daylight Time
tourismAttraction Gulf of Mexico beaches
proximity to Chicxulub crater site

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Chicxulub Pueblo partOf Chicxulub Municipality