Official Name: | Oxkutzcab |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Oxkutzcab in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Yucatán |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Leader Name: | José Gualberto Ayora Cámara[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 512.23 |
Population As Of: | 2005 [2] [3] |
Population Total: | 27084 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 20.3°N -114°W |
Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 056 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Major Airport |
Blank Info Sec2: | Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | IATA Code |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | MID |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | ICAO Code |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | MMMD |
Oxkutzcab Municipality is a municipality, with a municipal seat of the same name in the Mexican state of Yucatán, southeast of Maní, Yucatán, located at . The name in the Yucatec Maya language means "Place of ramon, tobacco, and honey".
According to the 2005 census, Oxkutzcab had a population of 21,341[3] people in the city and 27,084[3] in the entire municipality, predominantly of Maya descent. Henequen, sugar, tobacco, maize, and fruit are grown commercially in the surrounding area. The municipality has an area of 512.23km2 and includes a number of smaller towns, the largest of which are Yaxhachén, Xohuayán, Emiliano Zapata, and Xul. Loltun Cave is 5km (03miles) south of the city.