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{{Short description|Town in the Mexican state of Campeche}}
{{for|the Maya archaeological site|Xpuhil}}
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'''Xpujil''' ({{IPA-myn|ʃpuˈxil}}) is a town in the [[Mexican state]] of [[Campeche]]. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding [[Municipalities of Campeche|municipality]] of [[Calakmul Municipality|Calakmul]]. As of 2010, Xpujil had a population of 3,984.<ref name=SEDESOL>{{cite web|title=Calakmul|url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=04&mun=010|work=Catálogo de Localidades|publisher=[[Secretaría de Desarrollo Social]] (SEDESOL)|access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref>
Xpujil is located in the south-east of the state, close to the border with [[Quintana Roo]] to the east and [[Petén Department|Peten]], [[Guatemala]], to the south. With [[Escárcega, Campeche]] {{convert|153|km|mi}} to the west and [[Chetumal, Quintana Roo]] {{convert|120|km|mi}} to the east it is a useful midway point on [[Mexican Federal Highway|Federal Highway 186]]. Close to the town are the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] ruins of [[Xpuhil]] ({{convert|1|km|mi}}) and [[Becan]] ({{convert|8|km|mi}}), [[Chicanná]], [[Balamcan]], [[Hormiguero, Mexico|Hormiguero]]. Further to the south-west is the major Maya site of [[Calakmul]], in the {{convert|7230|km2|sqmi}} [[Calakmul Biosphere Reserve]].
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[[XEXPUJ-AM|XEPUJ]], a government-run [[Indigenous peoples of Mexico|indigenous]] [[community radio]] [[radio station|station]] that broadcasts in [[Spanish (language)|Spanish]], [[Yucatec Maya]] and [[Ch'ol language|Ch'ol]], is based in Xpujil.
== Valeriana ==
{{main|Valeriana (city)}}
{{anchor|Valeriana}}
In October 2024 it was announced that a huge city, including pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres, had been discovered underground near Xpujil, using [[lidar]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmznzkly3go |title=PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident |date=29 October 2024 |first=Georgina |last=Rannard |access-date=29 October 2024 |publisher=bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Running out of empty space: environmental lidar and the crowded ancient landscape of Campeche, Mexico: Antiquity : Cambridge Core |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/running-out-of-empty-space-environmental-lidar-and-the-crowded-ancient-landscape-of-campeche-mexico/FFDB435047017853F26CFC5D8804B08Dhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/running-out-of-empty-space-environmental-lidar-and-the-crowded-ancient-landscape-of-campeche-mexico/FFDB435047017853F26CFC5D8804B08D |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=30 October 2024}}</ref> The discoverer named it "Valeriana", after a nearby lake, "Laguna La Valeriana", the dry bed of which had been used by drug smugglers as an airstrip.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Eran dos narcoaeródromos |date=29 June 2019 |publisher=Por Esto Online |language=es |url=https://www.poresto.net/quintana-roo/2019/6/29/eran-dos-narcoaerodromos.html}}</ref>
==Transportation==
Xpujil will be served by a station of the [[Tren Maya]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=8 October 2024 |date=7 June 2023 |language=es |last=SIPSE.com |title=Mara Lezama comparte cómo lucirá estación del Tren Maya en Chetumal |url=https://sipse.com/novedades/mara-lezama-comparte-como-lucira-estacion-del-tren-maya-en-chetumal-448387.html |website=sipse.com}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> which is expected to open sometime in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tramo 7 del Tren Maya - Guía del Tren Maya |url=https://guiadeltrenmaya.com/tramo-7-del-tren-maya/ |website=guiadeltrenmaya.com |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=es |date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
{{Adjacent stations|header0=Future services|system=Tren Maya|line=Tren Maya|left=Calakmul|right=Limones/Chacchoben}}
==References==
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