Tekax
Sign in to saveTekax (from Mayan: Kʼáax), officially Tekax de Álvaro Obregón is a capital city of the municipality of the same name, located in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It has an average height of 37 m above sea level. n. m. and is located at a distance of 115 km from the state capital, the city of Mérida, 10 km from Akil, 18 km from Oxkutzcab and 34 km from Ticul.
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- PRI
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- Municipal president
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- Tekax
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- City
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- Tekax desde la Ermita de San Diego.jpg
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- Old flag of Tekax, Yucatán.svg
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- Escudo Tekax.png
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- La Sultana de la Sierra
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- Location of Tekax in Yucatan
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- Mexico Yucatán#Mexico
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- Mexico
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- Yucatán
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- Municipality
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- Tekax Municipality
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- Tecax
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Tekax de Álvaro Obregón
- Population
- 50789
- Elevation
- 21
- Official website
- www.tekax.gob.mx
- Image
- TEAX Yucatan 2017.jpg
- Dialing code
- 997
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- Commons category
- Tekax
- postal code
- 97970
- native label
- Tekax de Álvaro Obregón
- P12749
- Anhalt-Bitterfeld
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Tekax (from Mayan: Kʼáax), officially Tekax de Álvaro Obregón is a capital city of the municipality of the same name, located in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It has an average height of 37 m above sea level. n. m. and is located at a distance of 115 km from the state capital, the city of Mérida, 10 km from Akil, 18 km from Oxkutzcab and 34 km from Ticul.
In 2023, Tekax was designated a Pueblo Mágico by the Mexican government, recognizing its cultural and historical importance.
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