Chicxulub Pueblo | |
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  Chicxulub Pueblo | |
| Coordinates:21°8′11″N89°31′0″W / 21.13639°N 89.51667°W /21.13639; -89.51667 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Yucatán |
| Municipality | Chicxulub Pueblo |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,080[1] |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Postal code | 97340 |
| Area code | 985 |
| INEGI code | 310200001 |
Chicxulub Pueblo (Mayan pronunciation:[tʃʼikʃuluɓ]Ch’ik Xulub) is atown, andsurrounding municipality of the same name, in theMexicanstate ofYucatán.
At the census of 2010, the town had a population of 4,080 people.
Chicxulub is most famous for being near the geographic center of theChicxulub crater, animpact crater discovered bygeologists on theYucatán Peninsula and extending into the ocean. It was created by the impact some 66 million years ago of theChicxulub impactor, anasteroid orcomet which caused[2][3] theCretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, which led to the extinction of the non-aviandinosaurs,pterosaurs and other animals that dominated theMesozoic. Thecoastal village (orpuerto) of Chicxulub, in the neighboring municipality of Progreso, lies almost exactly on the geographic center of the crater.
The nameChicxulub is from theYucatec Maya language meaning 'the devil's flea'.[4]
