Tizimín Municipality
| Tizimín | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
 Region 5 Noreste #096 |
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| Country |
 Mexico
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| State |
 Yucatán
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| Mexico Ind. | 1821 |
| Yucatan Est. | 1824 |
| Municipality Est. | 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | José Dolores Mezo Peniche (PAN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,132.37 km2 (1,595.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 ) | |
| • Total | 73,135 |
| • Demonym | Tizimilean |
| Time zone | Central Standard Time (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | Central Daylight Time (UTC-5) |
| Postal Code | 97730 |
| Area code(s) | 986 |
| INEGI Code | 31096 |
Tizimín Municipality is one of the 106 municipalities of Yucatán with a municipal seat of the same name. The municipality is located in the north-east of the Mexican state of Yucatán, and it is the largest municipality in the state with a territory that is 11% of the total area of the state. As of 2005 it also has the second largest population of any municipality in the state, the largest being Mérida and the third largest being Valladolid.
The city of Tizimín is the municipal seat and is located at about 160 km east of Mérida, Yucatán, 200 km west of Cancún, Quintana Roo, and 42 km south of Río Lagartos, the city's traditional sea port on the Gulf of Mexico. The municipal seat's population of 42,283 is about 60% of the total population of the municipality.
The word "Tizimin" means "tapir" in the Maya language. With the Spanish conquest of Yucatán, Tizimín was established as a Spanish colonial town in 1544.
The Gulf of Mexico is its northern border and Quintana Roo is its eastern border. And the municipality borders the following municipalities: to the south Temozón, Calotmul and Chemax; and to the west Sucilá, Panabá and Rio Lagartos.
The municipality has 588 named communities, of which the most important are:
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