Yucatán & the South
Yucatán
Tekax

Tekax

Tekax is a small town in the southern part of . It is a Mayan community in an area of dense tropical jungle. Travelers will enjoy the colonial historic town center, an abundance of biodiversity, caving, hiking and exploring 1,000 year old Mayan archaeological sites.
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  • Type: Town with 28,500 residents
  • Description: City in Yucatan, Mexico.
  • Also known as: “Ciudad Obregón” and “Obregon”

Tekax

Latitude
20.2052° or 20° 12′ 19″ north
Longitude
-89.2859° or 89° 17′ 9″ west
Population
28,500
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Open location code
76GG6P47+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 287033021
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3516076
Wiki­data ID
Q1880859
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Uzbek—“Tekax” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Tekax”
  • Cebuano: “Tecax”
  • Dutch: “Tecax, Yucatán”
  • Dutch: “Tekax”
  • French: “Tekax”
  • German: “Tekax”
  • Japanese: “テカシュ”
  • Russian: “Текаш”
  • Serbian: “Текас де Алваро Обрегон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Tekax”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tecax, Yucatán”
  • Spanish: “Tecax”
  • Spanish: “Tekax de Álvaro Obregón”
  • Spanish: “Tekax”
  • Swedish: “Tecax”
  • Swedish: “Tekax”
  • Uzbek: “Tekax”
  • “Tekax”

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