Back Tecoh (munisipyo sa Mehiko) CEB Tecoh Esperanto Municipio de Tecoh Spanish Tecoh (udalerria) Basque Tecoh Portuguese Текох (муниципалитет) Russian Opština Tecoh, Yucatán Serbo-Croatian Општина Теко (Јукатан) Serbian Tecoh (kommun) Swedish Tecoh, Yucatán Vietnamese
Tecoh | |
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 Main square, town of Tecoh, 2021 | |
 Region 2 Noroeste #076 | |
  Tecoh Location of the Municipality in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 20°44′N 89°28′W / 20.733°N 89.467°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Yucatán |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Victor Armando Pacheco May[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 452.2 km2 (174.6 sq mi) |
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| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 15,438 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Postal Code | 97820 |
| Area code | 988 |
| INEGI Code | 076 |
| Major Airport | Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport |
| IATA Code | MID |
| ICAO Code | MMMD |
| Municipalities of Yucatan | |
Tecoh Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is located 40 km south-east of Mérida, Yucatán. It has a municipal capital of the same name. As of 2003, the city Tecoh had a population of about 8,500 people. Most of the population is Maya. A number of buildings in the town were built atop older Pre-Columbian foundations. "Tecoh" means "Place of the Puma" in the Yucatec Maya language, which is still widely spoken here.
Most of the farms in Tecoh are used to grow henequen, sugar, corn, and tropical fruit.
- ^ a b "Nuestros municipios - Tecoh". Archived from the original on 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ Census Results by Locality, 2005 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine INEGI.