Peto Municipality is a municipality in the Mexicanstate 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.