Tzucacab | |
|---|---|
 Location of the Municipality | |
  Tzucacab Location of the Municipality in Mexico | |
| Coordinates:20°04′N89°02′W / 20.067°N 89.033°W /20.067; -89.033 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Yucatán |
| Mexico Ind. | 1821 |
| Yucatan Est. | 1824 |
| Municipality Est. | 1918[1] |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Efren Estrada Mario Camara[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,289 km2 (498 sq mi) |
| [1] | |
| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,564 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| INEGI Code | 098 |
| Major Airport | Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport |
| IATA Code | MID |
| ICAO Code | MMMD |
Tzucacab Municipality is amunicipality in theMexicanstate ofYucatán. It has a municipal seat of thesame name.
Tzucacab Municipality is located in the southern region of the state and falls between latitudes 19° 38' and 20° 09' north and longitudes 88° 59' and 89° 14' west.[1]
| Climate data for Tzucacab | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 33.1 (91.6) | 35 (95) | 35.9 (96.6) | 34.5 (94.1) | 33.8 (92.8) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.3 (91.9) | 32.0 (89.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30 (86) | 33 (91) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) | 15.9 (60.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 18.2 (64.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 19.2 (66.6) | 17.3 (63.1) | 16 (61) | 18.3 (64.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 36 (1.4) | 36 (1.4) | 28 (1.1) | 58 (2.3) | 97 (3.8) | 180 (7.2) | 180 (7) | 180 (7.2) | 190 (7.6) | 140 (5.4) | 61 (2.4) | 56 (2.2) | 1,200 (49) |
| Source: Weatherbase[4] | |||||||||||||
The municipality is made up of 40 different communities, of which the most important are:[1]
The Church of St. Francis Xavier, located in the municipal seat Tzucacab, dates back to the colonial era.[1]
