Panabá

Municipality

Coat of arms

Panabá

Coordinates: 21°17′N 88°16′W / 21.283°N 88.267°WCoordinates: 21°17′N 88°16′W / 21.283°N 88.267°W

Country

Mexico

State

Yucatán

Mexico Ind.

1821

Yucatan Est.

1824

Elevation

10 m (27 ft)

Population (2000)

• Total

7,802

Time zone

Central Standard Time (UTC-6)

• Summer (DST)

Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

INEGI Code

057

Major Airport

Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport

Website

Panabá Municipality is one of the 106 municipalities in the state of Yucatán,Mexico. It is located in the eastern region of the Yucatán Peninsula's northern coast. Panabá is also the name of the municipality's largest township, which is also its municipal seat (cabecera municipal). The municipality is bounded at the north by the municipalities of San Felipe and Rio Lagartos, at the east by Tizimín, at the south by Sucilá and at the west by the municipalities of Dzilam de Bravo and Dzilam González.

The modern Spanish spelling Panabá derives from the place`s name in the Yucatec Maya language, Panab' ha, meaning "[place of] water found by digging". The Maya name combines the verb panab’ "to dig, to excavate" (verbal root pan-) with the noun for "water."

The municipality belongs to the First Federal Electoral District and the Tenth Local Election District.

Throughout the colonial period, Panabá was under the jurisdiction of Valladolid through Tizimín. As a result of changes in the peninsula during the nineteenth century Panabá was part of the municipality of Tizimín until 1918.

Pre-Columbian ruins have been discovered on a site in the village of Panabá showing that this place was inhabited during the pre-Hispanic period by Indians in the province of Domes.

Architecturally the town is notably attractive. The beautiful temple of San Pedro the Apostle is located in the city.

The population of indigenous language (Yucatec Maya) speakers (5 years and over) is 2,465 people.

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