Peto Municipality
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Peto | |
|---|---|
| File:Church of Peto.jpg | |
| Location of Peto in Yucatán Location of Peto in Yucatán | |
| Coordinates: 20°07′N 89°55′W / 20.117°N 89.917°W | |
| Country | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico |
| State | File:Flag of Yucatan.svg Yucatán |
| Government | |
| • Type | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg2007-2010 |
| • Municipal President | Jose Vicente Dominguez Canto[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,136 km2 (1,211 sq mi) |
| [1] | |
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,386 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| INEGI Code | 058 |
| Major Airport | Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport |
| IATA Code | MID |
| ICAO Code | MMMD |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nuestros municipios - Peto". Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ↑ "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
- ↑ Census Results by Locality, 2005 Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine INEGI.
