Tixkokob

For the municipality, see Tixkokob Municipality. For the station, see Tixkokob railway station.
Pisté
Town
Pisté is located in Yucatán (state)
Pisté
Pisté
Location in Yucatan
Pisté is located in Mexico
Pisté
Pisté
Pisté (Mexico)
Coordinates: 21°00′08″N 89°23′37″W / 21.00222°N 89.39361°W / 21.00222; -89.39361
CountryMexico
StateYucatan
MunicipalityTixkokob
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
10,968
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
ZIP code
97470
Area code985
INEGI Code310930001[2]

Tixkokob (Spanish pronunciation: [tiʃ.koˈkoβ], meaning place of poisonous snakes in Mayan) is a town in the Mexican state of Yucatán, located in the north central part of the state. It is the seat of Tixkokob Municipality and is located about 24 miles east of the city of Mérida. As of 2005 it has a population of 10,338.

History

Prior to the Spanish conquest of Yucatán, this area belonged to the chieftainship of Ceh-Pech. There is no record of the founding date of the population and its earliest reference is from the year 1549.

In 1867, by decree of the Congress of Yucatán it received the category of town. In 1914 it was given city status, but a few months after this decree was repealed and returned to the status of town. It has been the municipal seat since 1918.

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (2005). "Principales resultados por localidad (ITER)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
  2. ^ INEGI. "Archivo Histórico de Localidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 18, 2010.


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