Tixpéhual Municipality
Tixpéhual | |
|---|---|
Church at Tixpéhual, Yucatán | |
Region 2 Noroeste #095 | |
| Coordinates: 20°58′40″N 89°26′30″W / 20.97778°N 89.44167°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Yucatán |
| Government | |
| • Type | 2012–2015 |
| • Municipal President | José Ángel Ismael Mex Salas |
| Area | |
• Total | 68.98 km2 (26.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 5,388 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| INEGI Code | 009 |
| Major Airport | Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport |
| IATA Code | MID |
| ICAO Code | MMMD |
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.