Espita Municipality is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Mexican state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Yucatán
Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida.
...
. 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
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in the state with 0.7320, the same as
Honduras
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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
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.
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.
References
{{Yucatán
Municipalities of Yucatán