Peto is a town and the municipal seat of the Peto Municipality, located in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. With a population of approximately 21,456 according to the 2020 census, Peto serves as a cultural and historical center in southeastern Yucatán. The name “Peto” derives from the Mayan words pet (crown) and uj (moon), meaning “crown of the moon.”
Peto was founded in 1549 by the Spanish conquistador, Francisco de Berreo.
Etymology From the Maya pet crown and uj moon thus meaning crowned moon, in reference to a lunar halo.
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List of mayors Gerónimo Sánchez (1941-1942) Wilfrido Alonso (1943-1944) Pedro Muñoz Sánchez (1945-1946) Francisco Trejo (1947-1949) Rosendo Arrollo (1950-1952) Guillermo Baduy Ayala (1953-1955) José I. Hernández (1956-1958) Nicolás Sogbi Canto (1959-1961) Casildo Arroyo (1962-1963) Juan Escamilla Sosa (1963) Sergio Salazar López (1963-1967) Zenón Muñoz Martínez (1968-1970) César A. Ruiz V. (1971-1973) Mario Arturo Pérez (1974-1975) Sergio Salazar López (1976-1978) Roger Calero Muñoz (1979-1981) Felipe Sosa Buenfil (1982-1984) Gilberto Góngora Sánchez (1985-1987) Héctor Sosa Duarte (1988-1990) José Vicente Domínguez Canto (1991-1993) Castulo Ake Can (1994-1995) Samuel Castillo Yah (1996-1998) Ruperto Sánchez Uluhac -(1999-2001) Jorge Román Avilez y Manzanilla (2001-2004) Gilberto Alonso Navarrete Vázquez (2004-2007) José Vicente Domínguez Canto (2007-2010) Martha Raquel González Cámara (2010-2012) Higinio Chan Acosta (2012-2015) Jaime Ariel Hernández Santos (2015-2018) Edgar Román Calderón Sosa (2018-2021)
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