Peto, Yucatán

Peto
Municipal Seat
Church in Peto
Church in Peto
Coat of arms of Peto
Coat of arms
Peto is located in Yucatán (state)
Peto
Peto
Coordinates: 20°07′32″N 88°55′17″W / 20.12556°N 88.92139°W / 20.12556; -88.92139
Country Mexico
StateYucatán
MunicipalityPeto
Founded1549
Elevation
40 m (130 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
19,821[1]
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Postal code
97930
Area code997
Demonympetuleño, petuleña

Peto is a town and the municipal seat of the Peto Municipality, located in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. With a population of approximately 21,456 according to the 2020 census, Peto serves as a cultural and historical center in southeastern Yucatán. The name “Peto” derives from the Mayan words pet (crown) and uj (moon), meaning “crown of the moon.”

Etymology

From the Maya pet crown and uj moon thus meaning crowned moon, in reference to a lunar halo.

Demographics

Geography

Climate

Peto
Climate chart (explanation)
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Source: [2][3]
Imperial conversion
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List of mayors

  • Gerónimo Sánchez (1941-1942)
  • Wilfrido Alonso (1943-1944)
  • Pedro Muñoz Sánchez (1945-1946)
  • Francisco Trejo (1947-1949)
  • Rosendo Arrollo (1950-1952)
  • Guillermo Baduy Ayala (1953-1955)
  • José I. Hernández (1956-1958)
  • Nicolás Sogbi Canto (1959-1961)
  • Casildo Arroyo (1962-1963)
  • Juan Escamilla Sosa (1963)
  • Sergio Salazar López (1963-1967)
  • Zenón Muñoz Martínez (1968-1970)
  • César A. Ruiz V. (1971-1973)
  • Mario Arturo Pérez (1974-1975)
  • Sergio Salazar López (1976-1978)
  • Roger Calero Muñoz (1979-1981)
  • Felipe Sosa Buenfil (1982-1984)
  • Gilberto Góngora Sánchez (1985-1987)
  • Héctor Sosa Duarte (1988-1990)
  • José Vicente Domínguez Canto (1991-1993)
  • Castulo Ake Can (1994-1995)
  • Samuel Castillo Yah (1996-1998)
  • Ruperto Sánchez Uluhac -(1999-2001)
  • Jorge Román Avilez y Manzanilla (2001-2004)
  • Gilberto Alonso Navarrete Vázquez (2004-2007)
  • José Vicente Domínguez Canto (2007-2010)
  • Martha Raquel González Cámara (2010-2012)
  • Higinio Chan Acosta (2012-2015)
  • Jaime Ariel Hernández Santos (2015-2018)
  • Edgar Román Calderón Sosa (2018-2021)

References

  1. ^ "Population and Housing Census 2010". INEGI.org. National Institute of Statistics and Geography. 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.