Tecoh Municipality

Tecoh
Tecoh
Municipality
	Main square, town of Tecoh, 2021
	Region 2 Noroeste #076
	Tecoh Location of the Municipality in Mexico
	Coordinates: 20°44′N 89°28′W / 20.733°N 89.467°W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Government
• Municipal President	Victor Armando Pacheco May
Area
• Total	452.2 km2 (174.6 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population (2005 )
• Total	15,438
• Density	34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Postal Code	97820
Area code	988
INEGI Code	076
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD
	Municipalities of Yucatan

Tecoh Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is located 40 km south-east of Mérida, Yucatán. It has a municipal capital of the same name. As of 2003, the city Tecoh had a population of about 8,500 people. Most of the population is Maya. A number of buildings in the town were built atop older Pre-Columbian foundations. "Tecoh" means "Place of the Puma" in the Yucatec Maya language, which is still widely spoken here.

Most of the farms in Tecoh are used to grow henequen, sugar, corn, and tropical fruit.

Communities[edit]

The municipality is made up of 20 communities, of which the most important are:^[1]

Tecoh (Municipal Seat)
Xcanchakan
Telchaquillo
Lepan
Pixya

Landmarks[edit]

Cenote Nayah

Architectural[edit]

A church erected in honor of the Virgin de la Candelaria, a chapel in honor of the Santa Cruz and a church dedicated to the Virgin de la Asunción; all built since colonial times.^[1]
Hacienda Itzincab Cámara
Hacienda Oxtapacab
Hacienda Sotuta de Peón
Hacienda Xcanchakán

Archaeological[edit]

The archaeological site of Mayapan.^[1]

Notable people[edit]

Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sanchez (Known in Texas as Lorenzo de Zavala)

External links[edit]

Tecoh on colonial-mexico.com

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Nuestros municipios - Tecoh". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
^ "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
^ Census Results by Locality, 2005 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine INEGI.

[municipios-1] "Nuestros municipios - Tecoh". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-11-12.

[Encyclopedia_of_the_Municipalities_of_Mexico:_Yucatan-2] "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-01.

[3] Census Results by Locality, 2005 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine INEGI.

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