Ciudad del Carmen

[ syoo-thahth thel kahr-men ]

noun

1. a city in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche.

Example Sentences

Holed up on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, miles from the shore of Ciudad del Carmen—an industrial island and major outpost for Mexico’s oil industry—there weren’t many other options.

From Slate

While their work was different—they were doctors, chefs, engineers, waitstaff, and technical assistants, among others—the women I interviewed in Ciudad del Carmen had similar motivations.

From Slate

Ciudad del Carmen, an island, is battered each year by increasingly powerful hurricanes; last year, 600 people had to evacuate after flooding.

From Slate

Pemex said on Friday the fire had been extinguished promptly, preventing its spread to four other processing centers, which are part of the so-called Sonda de Campeche, a series of marine fields about 85 kilometers from Ciudad del Carmen, in the southeastern state of Campeche.

From Reuters

Located in the Bay of Campeche, about 85 kilometers from Ciudad del Carmen, Cantarell is made up of a series of fields in the marine area, and was once one of the world's most productive.

From Reuters