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Espita Municipality

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Country
  
Mexico

Mexico Ind.
  
1821

Municipality Est.
  
1921

Elevation
  
15 m

Capital
  
Espita

State
  
Yucatán

Yucatan Est.
  
1824

Founded
  
1917

Area
  
496.9 km²

Area code
  
986

Espita Municipality

Time zone
  
Central Standard Time (UTC-6)

Espita Municipality is one of the 106 subdivisions of the State of Yucatán in Mexico. Its municipal seat is located in the City of Espita and is located on the Litoral Oriente (East Coast) or Region 1 of the state. In 2005 was the 77th municipality with the highest HDI in the state with 0.7320, same as obtained Honduras in 2007.

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Map of Espita Municipality, Yucat%C3%A1n, Mexico

Location

This municipality is located in the eastern part of the state. It is located between latitudes 20° 53' and 21° 08' north and longitudes 88° 16' and 88° 27' west.

It borders the following municipalities: to the north Sucilá to the south Tinum and Uayma, on the east Temozón and Calotmul and the west Dzitas - Cenotillo.

Communities

The municipality is responsible Espita 17 commissariats and the municipal seat, in 2005 only 7 of its 17 commissariats exceeded 200 inhabitants and the sum of its population was 3,605 which together with the municipal seat (10,758) the population was of 14,363, i.e. the 99.52% of the municipal population.

Architectural

St. Joseph's Temple, built in the eighteenth century the former Franciscan convent at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and the Municipal Palace.

Archaeological

The area called Pom.

References

Espita Municipality Wikipedia