{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | name = Bolonchén | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | other_name = | settlement_type = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = Parroquia De Nuestra Señora De La Asuncion, Bolonchén, Campeche, Mexico 2021 b.jpg | imagesize = 200px | image_caption = Parroquia De Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion, Bolonchén, Campeche, 2021 | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Mexico Campeche#Mexico | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mexico <!-- Location ------------------> | coordinates = {{coord|20|00|15|N|89|51|34|W|region:MX|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{MEX}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Campeche | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Hopelchén | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> | area_water_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = 159 <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_footnotes = | population_total = 3975 | population_as_of = 2010<ref>[http://mapserver.inegi.org.mx/mgn2k/?s=geo&c=1223 2010 census tables: INEGI] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502025339/http://mapserver.inegi.org.mx/mgn2k/?s=geo&c=1223 |date=May 2, 2013 }}</ref> | population_density_km2 = | population_urban = 3975 <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | website = }} '''Bolonchén''' or '''Bolonchén de Rejón''' ('''Bolon Che'e'en''' in Modern Maya) is a town in the Mexican state of Campeche, about {{cvt|120|km}} east from the state capital, Campeche, in Hopelchén Municipality. {{As of|2010}} the town had a population of 3,975 people.<ref name=SEDESOL>{{cite web|title=Hopelchén|url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=04&mun=006|work=Catálogo de Localidades|publisher=Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL)|accessdate=23 April 2014|archive-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930205334/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=04&mun=006|url-status=dead}}</ref> A short distance to the south of Bolonchén are located the caves of Xtacunbilxunan.
==Etymology== The name "Bolonchén" means "Nine Wells" in the Maya language, and "de Rejón" commemorates Manuel Crescencio Rejón, a lawyer who helped draft the 1917 Constitution and who was born here. Previously, the Pueblo was named Bolonchenticul. It was renamed in September 1955 to Balonchén de Rejón . It is also the birthplace of Olegario Molina y Solis, the Governor of Yucatán and Minister de Fomento in the Porfirio Díaz era (1877–1911). In 1833, it was the only pueblo to escape the cholera epidemic. This was due to the efforts of Julian Molina y Bastante (Olegario's grandfather) and the brothers Martinez.
==Ruins== The large Bolonchén ruins site of ancient Maya architecture is located just north of the modern town. It dates from the {{C|Mayan Classic Period}} and Post Classic Period. Most of the carved stone facades of the ancient structures were removed in the 18th through mid−20th centuries for reuse in new construction work. Nonetheless, a few monuments with sculpture and hieroglyphic texts are still visible.
Both the ruins and cave were visited and described briefly by John Lloyd Stephens at the start of the 1840s, but no detailed scholarly examination of the ruins was made until Eric von Euw in 1973 (in part because Stephens and other early visitors failed to note that there were surviving inscriptions).
==Climate== {{Weather box|width=auto | location = Bolonchén de Rejón | single line = Yes | metric first = Yes | Jan high F = 84.7 | Feb high F = 88.3 | Mar high F = 92.5 | Apr high F = 96.1 | May high F = 97 | Jun high F = 94.1 | Jul high F = 92.8 | Aug high F = 93.4 | Sep high F = 91.9 | Oct high F = 89.2 | Nov high F = 86.7 | Dec high F = 84.6 | year high F = 91 | Jan low F = 61.9 | Feb low F = 63.5 | Mar low F = 66.6 | Apr low F = 69.6 | May low F = 71.6 | Jun low F = 72.3 | Jul low F = 70.9 | Aug low F = 71.1 | Sep low F = 71.2 | Oct low F = 69.1 | Nov low F = 65.7 | Dec low F = 62.8 | year low F = 68 | Jan precipitation inch = 1.2 | Feb precipitation inch = 0.9 | Mar precipitation inch = 0.8 | Apr precipitation inch = 1.2 | May precipitation inch = 3 | Jun precipitation inch = 6.2 | Jul precipitation inch = 5.5 | Aug precipitation inch = 6.4 | Sep precipitation inch = 7.7 | Oct precipitation inch = 4.2 | Nov precipitation inch = 1.7 | Dec precipitation inch = 1.3 | year precipitation inch = 40 | source 1 = Weatherbase<ref name=Weatherbase> {{cite web |url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=984001&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Bolonchén de Rejón, Campeche |publisher=Weatherbase |year=2011 }} Retrieved on November 24, 2011. </ref> | date = November 2011 }}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{campeche}}
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