Peto is a town and the municipal seat of the Peto Municipality, Yucatán in Mexico. As of 2010, the town has a population of 19,821. Etymology From the Maya pet crown and uj moon thus meaning crowned moon, in reference to a lunar halo. Demographics Climate List of mayors Gerónimo Sánchez (1941-1942) Wilfrido Alonso (1943-1944) Pedro Muñoz Sánchez (1945-1946) Francisco Trejo (1947-1949) Rosendo Arrollo (1950-1952) Guillermo Baduy Ayala (1953-1955) José I. Hernández (1956-1958) Nicolás Sogbi Canto (1959-1961) Casildo Arroyo (1962-1963) Juan Escamilla Sosa (1963) Sergio Salazar López (1963-1967) Zenón Muñoz Martínez (1968-1970) César A. Ruiz V. (1971-1973) Mario Arturo Pérez (1974-1975) Sergio Salazar López (1976-1978) Roger Calero Muñoz (1979-1981) Felipe Sosa Buenfil (1982-1984) Gilberto Góngora Sánchez (1985-1987) Héctor Sosa Duarte (1988-1990) José Vicente Domínguez Canto (1991-1993) Castulo Ake Can (1994-1995) Samuel Castillo Yah (1996-1998) Ruperto Sánchez Uluhac -(1999-2001) Jorge Román Avilez y Manzanilla (2001-2004) Gilberto Alonso Navarrete Vázquez (2004-2007) José Vicente Domínguez Canto (2007-2010) Martha Raquel González Cámara (2010-2012) Higinio Chan Acosta (2012-2015) Jaime Ariel Hernández Santos (2015-2018) Edgar Román Calderón Sosa (2018-2021) References Populated places in Yucatán Municipality seats in Yucatán