| Mexico, officially the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or EUM), is the second largest country of Latin America and the largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world. With an east coast on the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea and a long west coast on the Pacific Ocean it has by far the longest coastline in Latin America and, as a result, the largest number of lighthouses Mexico is a federal union of 31 states (estados) plus the capital district, and the states are subdivided into municipalities (municipios). This page includes lighthouses of the Mexican states of Tabasco and Campeche. Tabasco is located on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, while Campeche is located on west side of the Yucatán Peninsula. Both states face the Gulf of Mexico and its southern bight known as as the Bay of Campeche. In Spanish the word for a lighthouse is faro, baliza is a beacon, isla is an island, cabo is a cape, punta is a promontory or point of land, péñon is a rock, arrecife is a reef, bahía is a bay, ría is an estuary or inlet, estrecho is a strait, río is a river, and puerto is a port or harbor. Mexican lighthouses are managed by the National Maritime Authority Unit (Unidad de la Autoridad Maritima Nacional, UNAMAN). Many of the larger light stations are staffed by resident civilian keepers. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume J of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. Light List numbers are from NGA Publication 110 for Caribbean lights and Publication 111 for Pacific lights.
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Lighthouses of Tabasco
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Lighthouses of Campeche
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![]() Punta Atalaya Light, Ciudad del Carmen, April 2024 Google Maps photo by Dvid Cruz |
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Information available on lost lighthouses
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: Northwest: Southern Veracruz | Northeast: Yucatán
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Posted December 2004. Checked and revised May 10, 2026. Lighthouses: 27. Site copyright 2026 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.