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Celestún
Sign in to saveCelestún is a town in Yucatán, Mexico. It is located in the northwest corner of the state, just north of the border with the state of Campeche, on the Gulf of Mexico coast at .
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Celestun
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- CelestunLighthouses.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Gemeente Celestun.PNG
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico Yucatán#Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal President
- Settlement.leader_name
- Araci Guadalupe Villanueva Pinto
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_note
- Municipality
- Settlement.population_total
- 6269
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- Central Standard Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -6
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- Central Daylight Time
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- -5
- Settlement.blank1_name_sec1
- INEGI Code
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
7 sectionsContents
- On the town
- Geography
- Climate
- Ecological park
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Celestún is a town in Yucatán, Mexico. It is located in the northwest corner of the state, just north of the border with the state of Campeche, on the Gulf of Mexico coast at .
== On the town == In 2000, it had a population of just under 6,000 people; however, the population swells to 10,000 during the octopus hunting season. It is mostly a fishing town, with a 19th-century lighthouse (as well as a more modern one) and an abandoned historic hacienda. Besides fishing, Celestún also produces salt, as it has done from pre-Columbian times. Tourism is also making up an increasing portion of the town's economy, as the community has many kilometers of sand beaches and abundant wildlife.