Tixpéhual Municipality

Tixpéhual
Church at Tixpéhual, Yucatán
Region 2 Noroeste #095
Tixpéhual
Location of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°58′40″N 89°26′30″W / 20.97778°N 89.44167°W / 20.97778; -89.44167
Country Mexico
State Yucatán
Government
  Type 2012–2015
  Municipal PresidentJosé Ángel Ismael Mex Salas
Area
  Total
68.98 km2 (26.63 sq mi)
 
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
5,388
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

Tixpéhual Municipality (Spanish pronunciation: [tiʃˈpe.wal], in the Yucatec Maya language: “place of the dwarf's greeting”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (68.98 km2) of land and located roughly 25 km east of the city of Mérida, Mexico.