Peto Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán
Municipality in Yucatán, Mexico
20°07′N 89°55′W / 20.117°N 89.917°W / 20.117; -89.917Country MexicoState YucatánGovernment
 • TypePRI 2007-2010 • Municipal PresidentJose Vicente Dominguez Canto[1]Area
 • Total3,136 km2 (1,211 sq mi) [1]Elevation
35 m (115 ft)Population
 (2005 [2][3])
 • Total22,386Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)INEGI Code058Major AirportMerida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International AirportIATA CodeMIDICAO CodeMMMD

Peto Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It has a municipal seat of the same name and is located in the centre-south portion of the Yucatán, 135 km to the south-east of state capital Mérida.

Communities

The municipality is made up of 74 communities, the most important include the following:

  • Peto (Municipal Seat)
  • Xoy
  • Yaxcopil
  • Tixhualatun
  • Progresito

Additional Data

City population (2005): 18,177
City Founded: 1549
Annual fairs: 29 April to 3 May; 26 December to 2 January
Media: XEPET-AM, a government-run indigenous community radio station.

References

  1. ^ a b "Nuestros municipios - Peto". Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  3. ^ Census Results by Locality, 2005 Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine INEGI.
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