Peto Municipality is one of 106
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Yucatán State,
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. 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:
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Peto (Municipal Seat)
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Xoy
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Yaxcopil
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Tixhualatun
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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
XEPET-AM/XHPET-FM (''La Voz de los Mayas'' – "The Voice of the Mayas") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish and Yucatec Maya from Peto (130 km south of the state capital Mérida) in the Mexican state of ...
, a government-run indigenous community radio station.
References
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Municipalities of Yucatán