Buctzotz Municipality
Buctzotz | |
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Principal Church of Buctzotz, Yucatán | |
Region 5 Noreste #006 | |
Buctzotz Location of the Municipality in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 21°12′06″N 88°47′34″W / 21.20167°N 88.79278°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Yucatán |
| Mexico Ind. | 1821 |
| Yucatán Est. | 1824 |
| Government | |
| • Type | 2012–2015 |
| • Municipal President | Manuel Jesús Argaez Cepeda |
| Area | |
• Total | 543.45 km2 (209.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 8,637 |
| • Density | 15.89/km2 (41.16/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Umanense |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| INEGI Code | 006 |
| Major Airport | Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport |
| IATA Code | MID |
| ICAO Code | MMMD |
| Municipalities of Yucatán | |
Buctzotz Municipality (Yucatec Maya: "dress made of hair") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing 543.45 km2 of land and is located roughly 95 kilometres (59 mi) northeast of the city of Mérida. It contains several churches and a hospital, Centre de Salud Buctzotz, in the eastern part of the main town.