Telchac Pueblo Municipality

As in most of the Yucatán Peninsula, the territory is quite flat, reaching a maximum altitude of 10 meters above sea level, and slopes gently downward from south to north, towards the Gulf of Mexico;[2] physiographically the whole territory belongs to the Yucatecan Carso.[3]

All over town there are no rivers due to high soil permeability,[4] this is a characteristic of the Yucatan area: water seeps into the ground where it forms underground rivers that form cenotes, which are outcrops to the surface of these subterranean river, in Telchac Pueblo there are 11 cenotes, 10 of which are open and a 1 semi-open.[5] The entire town is part of the Yucatan Basin belonging to the Northern Yucatan hydrological region.[6]

In Telchac Pueblo there are two kind of climate, in the extreme south the climate is classified as Warm humid with rains in summer, less humid, and the rest of the municipality is Semidry warm and very warm;[7] annual average temperature recorded is greater than 26 °C;[8] Average annual precipitation increases from north to south, ergo, away from the coast in successive bands, the first from 500 to 600 mm, second from 600 to 700 mm, third from 700 to 800 mm and the last from 800 to 1,000 mm.[9]

Telchac Pueblo is covered by tropical rainforest, but significant parts have been converted to agricultural and urban areas.[10] Tree species include pochote (Ceiba pentandra), cedro (Cedrela odorata) and chacá (Bursera simaruba). Fauna includes rabbits, opossums, pocket gophers, eared dove, white-winged dove, and the endemic species of white owl and pájaro tho.

Geographic Maps of Telchac Pueblo
Topography and hydrology	Climates

In Telchac Pueblo are a total of seven locations, the major and its total population in 2005 were:

The municipality of Telchac Pueblo is connected to the rest of the state of Yucatan by land. Within its territory there are no ports, airports or airstrips.

The main road is the 172 state-owned, This road connects in north with Telchac Puerto, in south with the city of Motul where it connects with 176 federal highway; the second state-owned road connects in west with Dzemul and Baca, in east with Sinanché, Yobaín and Dzidzantún where it connects with 178 federal highway. There is also at the southern end of the municipality a secondary road from road 172 that communicates with the village of Uci, which belongs to the neighboring city of Motul.

In education the town has two kindergartens, three elementary, one secondary and one high school. There is a library with free online computers and free wireless internet.

Park Dedicated to the Flag of Mexico.

The Catholic Church of San Francisco de Asís (St. Francis of Assisi) was originally dedicated to St. Lawrence Martyr, it is now dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of the village. It is located on the east side of the communities center. The exact timeframe of construction is not known, but the building dates from the end of the 17th century. Many theories suggest the year 1693, but is not official.

While the majority of the population is Catholic, other churches are present in the community, including Presbyterian and Evangelical churches, a Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall and most recently a meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons.

This park is a meeting point for people telchaqueña, there is no day or night that is not the inhabitants of this municipality "breathing fresh air" or just chatting, is a deeply rooted tradition among the residents, which in municipalities of the surrounding area is not seen as often. In addition, this park has 4 stores or posts; two of them lunch, where people tend to eat at night. The park has free wireless internet.

There are also another park called the "park to the mother", a gas station, a bank, three sports fields, two basketball courts and playground

For purposes of the geographical division in state and federal electoral district for the election of deputies, the municipality of Telchac Pueblo is divided as follows:

State:

• IX State Electoral District of Yucatán with headquarters in Progreso.[15]

Federal:

• II Federal Electoral District of Yucatán with headquarters in Progreso.[16]

• 1995 - 1998: Carlos Raúl Jiménez Tamayo
• 1998 - 2001: Juan Tamayo Cab
• 2001 - 2004: José Enrique Ruiz Maldonado
• 2004 - 2007: Manuel Jesús Aguilar Pech
• 2007 - 2010: José Luis Aguilar Cervantes
• 2010 - 2012: Heyder Alfredo Maldonado López

• Yucatán en el tiempo, enciclopedia alfabética, Mérida, Yucatán, 1998, ISBN 970-9071-00-9
• Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, Secretaría de Gobernación (2005). "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
• Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (2010). "Prontuario de información geográfica municipal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos: Telchac Pueblo, Yucatán" (PDF). Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)