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Peto Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán

Peto Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán

FieldValue
official_namePeto
native_nameyua
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_skylineIglesia de Peto.jpg
image_mapPeto en Yucatan.svg
map_captionLocation of Peto in Yucatán
pushpin_mapMexico
pushpin_label_positionleft
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name[[File:Flag of Mexico.svg40px]] Mexico
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1[[File:Flag of Yucatan.svg40px]] Yucatán
government_typeMorena [[File:Morena logo (alt).svg22px]]2024-2027
leader_titleMunicipal President
leader_nameEmerio Calderón Góngora
area_total_km23136
area_note
population_as_of2005
population_total22386
population_blank1_titleDemonym
timezoneCentral Standard Time
utc_offset-6
timezone_DSTCentral Daylight Time
utc_offset_DST-5
coordinates
elevation_m35
blank_name_sec1INEGI Code
blank_info_sec1058
blank_name_sec2Major Airport
blank_info_sec2Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
blank1_name_sec2IATA Code
blank1_info_sec2MID
blank2_name_sec2ICAO Code
blank2_info_sec2MMMD

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

Maya sites

Inside the municipality some ancient maya sites are located, including Witzinah, Tixualahtún and Xoy.

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

Location of Peto in Yucatán

References

  1. "Nuestros municipios - Peto".
  2. "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan".
  3. link. (22 July 2011 INEGI.)
  4. "Municipios de Yucatán: Peto".
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