Tizimín Municipality
Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tizimín Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The municipality is located in the north-east of the Mexican state of Yucatán, and it is the largest municipality in the state with a territory that is 11% of the total area of the state. As of 2005 it also has the second largest population of any municipality in the state,[4] the largest being Mérida and the third largest being Valladolid.
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Tizimín | |
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Country | Mexico |
State | Yucatán |
Mexico Ind. | 1821 |
Yucatan Est. | 1824 |
Municipality Est. | 1921[1] |
Government | |
• Municipal President | José Dolores Mezo Peniche[2] (PAN) |
Area | |
• Total | 4,132.37 km2 (1,595.52 sq mi) |
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Population | |
• Total | 73,135 |
• Demonym | Tizimilean |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Postal Code | 97730 |
Area code | 986 |
INEGI Code | 31096 |
The city of Tizimín is the municipal seat and is located at about 160 km east of Mérida, Yucatán, 200 km west of Cancún, Quintana Roo, and 42 km south of Río Lagartos, the city's traditional sea port on the Gulf of Mexico. The municipal seat's population of 42,283 is about 60% of the total population of the municipality.[3][4]
The word "Tizimin" means "tapir" in the Maya language. With the Spanish conquest of Yucatán, Tizimín was established as a Spanish colonial town in 1544.