Espita Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. 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, the municipality had the 77th highest HDI in the state with 0.7320, the same as Honduras in 2007.
Geography 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.
Demography
Education
Type Students Teachers Schools Preschool education 807 33 12 Primary education 2 566 87 16 Secondary education 808 63 5 High school 396 25 1 Total 4 577 208 34Source: Secretaría de Educación de Yucatán.
Communities The Espita municipality has 17 communities and the municipal seat. In 2005, only 7 of its 17 communities had more than 200 inhabitants. Together these 7 communities had a population of 3,605, which together with the municipal seat (10,758), was 14,363, i.e. the 99.52% of the total municipal population.
Communities with over 200 people and their distance from the municipal seatCodeCommunityCoordinatesPopulationDistance310320002Holcá5019.95 km310320003Kunché69810.84 km310320004Nacuché1.1309.36 km310320005San Pedro Chenchelá26114.58 km310320007Tuzik38420.91 km310320008X-Ualtez26221.77 km310320009Xuilub36915.72 kmSource: INEGI, Archivo Histórico de Localidaes.
Landmarks
Architectural Landmarks include: St. Joseph's Temple, built in the eighteenth century. The former Franciscan convent, built at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The Municipal Palace.
Archaeological The area called Pom.
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