Peto, Yucatán

Peto is a town and the municipal seat of the Peto Municipality, located in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. With a population of approximately 21,456 according to the 2020 census, Peto serves as a cultural and historical center in southeastern Yucatán. The name “Peto” derives from the Mayan words pet (crown) and uj (moon), meaning “crown of the moon.”

Peto
Municipal Seat
Church in Peto
Coat of arms
Peto
Coordinates: 20°07′32″N 88°55′17″W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Municipality	Peto
Founded	1549
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	19,821[1]
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Postal code	97930
Area code	997
Demonym	petuleño, petuleña

Etymology

From the Maya pet crown and uj moon thus meaning crowned moon, in reference to a lunar halo.

Demographics

Geography

Climate

Peto Climate chart (explanation) J F M A M J J A S O N D     81     24 16     31     26 18     29     29 20     94     30 21     181     31 22     212     28 22     232     27 20     257     28 21     290     26 21     243     24 20     90     24 17     53     24 17 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: [2][3] Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     3.2     75 61     1.2     79 64     1.1     84 68     3.7     86 70     7.1     88 72     8.3     82 72     9.1     81 68     10     82 70     11     79 70     9.6     75 68     3.5     75 63     2.1     75 63 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

List of mayors

• Gerónimo Sánchez (1941-1942)
• Wilfrido Alonso (1943-1944)
• Pedro Muñoz Sánchez (1945-1946)
• Francisco Trejo (1947-1949)
• Rosendo Arrollo (1950-1952)
• Guillermo Baduy Ayala (1953-1955)
• José I. Hernández (1956-1958)
• Nicolás Sogbi Canto (1959-1961)
• Casildo Arroyo (1962-1963)
• Juan Escamilla Sosa (1963)
• Sergio Salazar López (1963-1967)
• Zenón Muñoz Martínez (1968-1970)
• César A. Ruiz V. (1971-1973)
• Mario Arturo Pérez (1974-1975)
• Sergio Salazar López (1976-1978)
• Roger Calero Muñoz (1979-1981)
• Felipe Sosa Buenfil (1982-1984)
• Gilberto Góngora Sánchez (1985-1987)
• Héctor Sosa Duarte (1988-1990)
• José Vicente Domínguez Canto (1991-1993)
• Castulo Ake Can (1994-1995)
• Samuel Castillo Yah (1996-1998)
• Ruperto Sánchez Uluhac -(1999-2001)
• Jorge Román Avilez y Manzanilla (2001-2004)
• Gilberto Alonso Navarrete Vázquez (2004-2007)
• José Vicente Domínguez Canto (2007-2010)
• Martha Raquel González Cámara (2010-2012)
• Higinio Chan Acosta (2012-2015)
• Jaime Ariel Hernández Santos (2015-2018)
• Edgar Román Calderón Sosa (2018-2021)