Cacalchén Municipality

Cacalchén
Principal Church of Cacalchén, Yucatán
Region 4 Litoral centro #007
Cacalchén
Location of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°58′56″N 89°13′40″W / 20.98222°N 89.22778°W / 20.98222; -89.22778
Country Mexico
State Yucatán
Government
  Type 2012–2015
  Municipal PresidentEiter Georfrey Vazquez Sosa
Area
  Total
76.64 km2 (29.59 sq mi)
 
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
6,811
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code009
Major AirportMerida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA CodeMID
ICAO CodeMMMD

Cacalchén Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “place of the well with two mouths”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (76.64 km2) of land and located roughly 40 km east of the city of Mérida.