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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Within Vinony's link graph, Tekax is referenced by 185 other articles, and connects out to Telchac Pueblo, Kantunil Municipality and Halachó Municipality.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Populated places in Yucatán, Pueblos Mágicos and Tekax.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.leader_party
- PRI
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal president
- Settlement.name
- Tekax
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tekax desde la Ermita de San Diego.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Old flag of Tekax, Yucatán.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo Tekax.png
- Settlement.nickname
- La Sultana de la Sierra
- Settlement.image_map
- Gemeente Tekax.PNG
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Tekax in Yucatan
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico Yucatán#Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Yucatán
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tekax Municipality
- Settlement.seat
- Tecax
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Tekax de Álvaro Obregón
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Tekax
- Population
- 50789
- Elevation
- 21
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Tekax
- 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
- heritage designation
- Pueblos mágicos
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Place names
- History
- Culture
- Historical monuments
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tekax” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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