Peto, Yucatán Explained
| Official Name: | Peto |
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| Settlement Type: | Municipal Seat |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico Yucatán |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yucatán |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Peto |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1549 |
| Established Title2: | Municipal Status |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 19,821[1] |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 20.1256°N -88.9214°W |
| Elevation M: | 40 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 97930 |
| Area Code: | 997 |
| Blank1 Name: | Demonym |
| Blank1 Info: | petuleño, 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.
Geography
Climate
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)
Notes and References
- Web site: Population and Housing Census 2010 . National Institute of Statistics and Geography . INEGI.org . 2010 . 5 July 2018.
