The municipality of Espita is one of the 106

Municipalities of Yucatán

The Mexican state of Yucatán is made up of 106 municipios , organized into 9 administrative regions. Most of the names of the municipalities come from the Yucatec Maya language, which is still spoken by more of 30% of the population, according to INEGI ....

 subdivisions

Municipalities of Mexico

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 of the State of Yucatán

Yucatán

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 in Mexico

Mexico

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. Its municipal seat is located in the City of Espita

Espita

The municipality of Espita is one of the 106 subdivisions of the State of Yucatán in Mexico. Its municipal seat is located in the City of Espita and is located on the Litoral Oriente or Region 1 of the state...

 and is located on the Litoral Oriente (East Coast) or Region 1 of the state. In 2005 was the 77th municipality with the highest HDI

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 in the state with 0.7320, same as obtained Honduras

Honduras

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 in 2007.

Location

This municipality is located in the eastern part of the state. It is located between latitudes 20º 53' and 21º 08' north and longitudes 88º 16' and 88º 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.

Education

Type	Students	Teachers	Schools
Preschool education	807	33	12
Primary education	2 566	87	16
Secondary education	808	63	5
High school	396	25	1
Total	4 577	208	34
Source: Secretaría de Educación de Yucatán.

Communities

The municipality is responsible Espita 17 commissariats and the municipal seat, in 2005 only 7 of its 17 commissariats exceeded 200 inhabitants and the sum of its population was 3,605 which together with the municipal seat (10,758) the population was of 14,363, ie the 99.52% of the municipal population.

Towns over 200 people and its distance from the municipal seat
Code	Commissariat	Coordinates	Population	Distance
310320002	Holcá	21°05′28"N 88°16′07"W	501	9,95 km
310320003	Kunché	20°54′35"N 88°18′16"W	698	10,84 km
310320004	Nacuché	20°55′22"N 88°17′45"W	1.130	9,36 km
310320005	San Pedro Chenchelá	20°52′29"N 88°18′51"W	261	14,58 km
310320007	Tuzik	21°06′44"N 88°28′18"W	384	20,91 km
310320008	X-Ualtez	21°07′20"N 88°28′22"W	262	21,77 km
310320009	Xuilub	20°55′00"N 88°25′12"W	369	15,72 km
Source: INEGI, Archivo Histórico de Localidaes.

Architectural

St. Joseph's Temple, built in the eighteenth century the former Franciscan convent at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and the Municipal Palace.