Chicxulub, Yucatán
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Chicxulub (pronounced as CHEEK-shoe-lube) is a town in the state of Yucatán, Mexico, located at 21°14′ N 89°51′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=21_14_N_89_51_W_type:city(3,400)) In 2000 the town had a population of about 3,400 people.
Chicxulub is most famous for being the location where geologists first discovered a crater left by the impact of a huge meteorite some 65 million years ago that may have caused the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event; see Chicxulub Crater for more detailed discussion.
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