| Official Name: | Tekom |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tekom in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yucatán |
| Government Type: | PRI 2007–2010 |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | William Edilberto Can Tec [1] |
| Established Title: | Mexico Ind. |
| Established Date: | 1821 |
| Established Title2: | Yucatán Est. |
| Established Date2: | 1824 |
| Established Title3: | Municipality Est. |
| Established Date3: | 1921 |
| Area Total Km2: | 201.83 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 [2] [3] |
| Population Total: | 2933 |
| 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: | 20.4667°N -88.25°W |
| Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 081 |
| 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 |
| Footnotes: | Municipalities of Yucatán |
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]
The municipality is located in the southeastern portion of the state in the north-central Yucatán Peninsula, and covers a total area of some 201.83km2. The terrain is a virtually flat plain, with a median elevation of 27m (89feet) 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 82mm. 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]
. CEDEMUN . Centro Nacional de Desarrollo Municipal . 1988 . Los municipios de Yucatán. Colección Enciclopedia de los municipios de México, vol. 30 . México, D.F.. Centro Nacional de Desarrollo Municipal [CEDEMUN], Secretaría de Gobernación [SEGOB], and Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán. 23698319. es.