Official Name: | Temozón |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Municipality in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Yucatán |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Seat: | Temozón |
Government Type: | PRI 2007-2010 |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Leader Name: | Carlos Manuel Aguilar Loria[1] |
Established Title: | Mexico Ind. |
Established Date: | 1821 |
Established Title2: | Yucatan Est. |
Established Date2: | 1824 |
Established Title3: | Municipality Est. |
Established Date3: | 1915 |
Area Total Km2: | 1087.06 |
Population As Of: | 2005 [2] [3] |
Population Total: | 14008 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
Population Blank1: | Temozonense |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 20.9167°N -142°W |
Elevation M: | 22 |
Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 085 |
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 |
Temozón Municipality (in the Yucatec Maya language: “Place of the swirl”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. Its municipal seat is located in the city of Temozón.
This municipality is located in the eastern region of the state. It is between latitudes 20° 48 'and 20° 57' north and longitudes 87° 47' and 88 ° 16' west.[1]
Its northern border is Calotmul - Tizimín, to the south is Valladolid, on the east Chemax and the west Espita and Uayma.[1]
The municipality is made up of 99 different communities, of which the most important are:[1]
San Roman Church, built during the colonial period (probably in the eighteenth century). The church of San Antonio de Padua, and the municipal building.[1]