Tixkokob

Pisté
Pisté
	Village
	Pisté Location in Yucatan Pisté Pisté (Mexico)
	Coordinates: 21°00′08″N 89°23′37″W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatan
Municipality	Tixkokob
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	10,968
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
ZIP code	97470
Area code(s)	985
INEGI Code	310930001[2]

Tixkokob (meaning place of poisonous snakes in Mayan) is a town in the Mexican state of Yucatán, located in the north central part of the state. It is the seat of Tixkokob Municipality and is located about 24 miles east of the city of Mérida. As of 2005 it has a population of 10,338.

History

Prior to the Spanish conquest of Yucatán, this area belonged to the chieftainship of Ceh-Pech. There is no record of the founding date of the population and its earliest reference is from the year 1549.

In 1867, by decree of the Congress of Yucatán it received the category of town. In 1914 it was given city status, but a few months after this decree was repealed and returned to the status of town. It has been the municipal seat since 1918.

References

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (2005). "Principales resultados por localidad (ITER)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
INEGI. "Archivo Histórico de Localidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 18, 2010.

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[INEGI-1] Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (2005). "Principales resultados por localidad (ITER)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.

[2] INEGI. "Archivo Histórico de Localidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 18, 2010.