Peto Municipality

Peto
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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

^ ^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.