Peto Municipality

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.

Peto
Municipality
Location of Peto in Yucatán
Peto
Coordinates: 20°07′N 89°55′W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Government
• Type	PRI 2007-2010
• Municipal President	Jose Vicente Dominguez Canto[1]
Area
• Total	3,136 km2 (1,211 sq mi)
	[1]
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2005 [2][3])
• 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

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. "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.

Location of Peto in Yucatán