Peto Municipality

Peto
Peto
Municipality
	Location of Peto in Yucatán
	Peto
	Coordinates: 20°07′N 89°55′W / 20.117°N 89.917°W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Government
• Type	PRI 2007-2010
• Municipal President	Jose Vicente Dominguez Canto
Area
• Total	3,136 km2 (1,211 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population (2005 )
• 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

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

^ ^a ^b "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.

[municipios-1] "Nuestros municipios - Peto". Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.

[Encyclopedia_of_the_Municipalities_of_Mexico:_Yucatan-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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