Tzucacab Municipality

Tzucacab
Municipality
Location of the Municipality
Tzucacab Location of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°04′N 89°02′W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Mexico Ind.	1821
Yucatan Est.	1824
Municipality Est.	1918 [1]
Government
• Municipal President	Efren Estrada Mario Camara[1]
Area
• Total	1,289 km^2 (498 sq mi)
	[1]
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population  (2005 [2][3])
• Total	13,564
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code	098
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD

Tzucacab Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It has a municipal seat of the same name.

Geography

Location

Tzucacab Municipality is located in the southern region of the state and falls between latitudes 19° 38' and 20° 09' north and longitudes 88° 59' and 89° 14' west.^[1]

Climate

Climate data for Tzucacab
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.6 (85.3)	31.7 (89.1)	33.1 (91.6)	35 (95)	35.9 (96.6)	34.5 (94.1)	33.8 (92.8)	34.0 (93.2)	33.3 (91.9)	32.0 (89.6)	30.5 (86.9)	30 (86)	33 (91)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	15.2 (59.4)	15.9 (60.6)	17.0 (62.6)	18.2 (64.8)	20.3 (68.5)	20.5 (68.9)	19.7 (67.5)	19.7 (67.5)	19.9 (67.8)	19.2 (66.6)	17.3 (63.1)	16 (61)	18.3 (64.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	36 (1.4)	36 (1.4)	28 (1.1)	58 (2.3)	97 (3.8)	180 (7.2)	180 (7)	180 (7.2)	190 (7.6)	140 (5.4)	61 (2.4)	56 (2.2)	1,200 (49)
Source: Weatherbase [4]

Communities

The municipality is made up of 40 different communities, of which the most important are:^[1]

• Tzucacab (Municipal Seat)
• Catmis
• Ekbalam
• Corral
• Noh-Bec

Architectural landmarks

The Church of St. Francis Xavier, located in the municipal seat Tzucacab, dates back to the colonial era.^[1]

References

1. "Nuestros municipios - Tzucacab". Retrieved 2009-11-11.
2. "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
3. Census Results by Locality, 2005 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine INEGI.
4. "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Tzucacab, Yucatán". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.