Tepakán

Tepakán
Principal Church of Tepakán, Yucatán
Region 3 Centro #086
Tepakán
Location of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°02′55″N 89°02′20″W / 21.04861°N 89.03889°W / 21.04861; -89.03889
Country Mexico
State Yucatán
Government
  Type 2012–2015
  Municipal PresidentWeyler Aaron Coral Manrique
Area
  Total
134.13 km2 (51.79 sq mi)
 
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
2,226
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

Tepakán (in the Yucatec Maya language, “place where pakán fruit [similar to tuna] is found”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. Containing 134.13 km2 (51.79 sq mi) of land, it is roughly 70 km (43 mi) east of the city of Mérida.