Tekom Municipality

Tekom Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. Tekom is also the name of the municipality's largest settlement and seat of the municipal government (cabecera municipal). In the XII national census (Censo General de Población y Vivienda) conducted by INEGI in 2000, Tekom municipality recorded a population of 2,660 inhabitants. In the intermediate census count undertaken by INEGI in 2005 (the II Conteo de Población y Vivienda), the total municipal population was recorded as 2,933 inhabitants,[4] 2,413 of whom[5] spoke one of the recognised indigenous languages of Mexico (Yucatec Maya).[6]

Tekom
Municipality
Tekom
Location of Tekom in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°28′0″N 88°15′0″W
Country Mexico
State Yucatán
Mexico Ind.1821
Yucatán Est.1824
Municipality Est.1921
Government
 • TypePRI 2007–2010
 • Municipal PresidentWilliam Edilberto Can Tec [1]
Area
 • Total201.83 km2 (77.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2005 [2][3])
 • Total2,933
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code081
Major AirportMerida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA CodeMID
ICAO CodeMMMD
Municipalities of Yucatán

The municipality is located in the southeastern portion of the state in the north-central Yucatán Peninsula, and covers a total area of some 201.83 square kilometres (77.93 sq mi). The terrain is a virtually flat plain, with a median elevation of 27 metres (89 ft) above mean sea level.[7] As with most of the Yucatán Peninsula there are no surface rivers or creeks, but there are subterranean water-filled sinkholes (cenotes) some of which are naturally exposed at the surface. Average annual rainfall, which is regular in the summer months, amounts to approximately 82 millimetres (3 in). The climate is classed as subhumid.[7]

Tekom was created as a municipio libre of Yucatán state on 1 January 1920. In 1957 the southern half of Tekom's territory was partitioned off to form a new municipality, Chikindzonot.[7]

References
  1. "Nuestros municipios – Tekom". Archived from the original on 10 April 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.
  4. INAFED (2005); INEGI (2006, pp.60–61)
  5. Aged five years or older
  6. INEGI (2006, pp.60–61)
  7. INAFED (2005)

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