Ticul Municipality

Ticul de Morales Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is located in the western part of the state at (20.4°N, -89.53333°W) 100 km south of the state capital city of Mérida. The municipality, which has an area of 355.12 km2, in the 2005 census reported 25,621 inhabitants. The city of Ticul which is the municipal seat had a population of 21,147, the ninth-largest community in the state in population. The majority are ethnically Maya. Its largest other towns are Pustunich and Yotholín.

Communities
The municipality is made up of 32 communities the most important are as follows:


 * Ticul (Municipal Seat)
 * Pustunich
 * Yotholín
 * Plan Chac Número Cinco
 * Unidades de Riego

Notable people
Francisco Ché Cacique de Ticul who ruled from 1562 to 1569.