Cantamayec Municipality

Cantamayec Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya language: Zuelania guidonia:[4] "four tamay[2] trees") is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (502.02 km2) of land and located roughly 110 km southeast of the city of Mérida.[2]

Cantamayec
Municipality
Region 6 Oriente #010
Cantamayec
Location of the municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°28′03″N 89°04′48″W
Country Mexico
State Yucatán
Mexico Ind.1821
Yucatán Est.1824
Municipality Est1917
Government
 • Type 2012–2015[1]
 • Municipal PresidentJosé Melchor Dzib Dzib[2]
Area
 • Total502.02 km2 (193.83 sq mi)
 [2]
Elevation
24 m (79 ft)
Population
 (2010[3])
 • Total2,407
 • Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Umanense
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code010
Major AirportMerida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA CodeMID
ICAO CodeMMMD
Municipalities of Yucatán

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, though it existed before the conquest.[2] At colonization, Cantamayec became part of the encomienda system with the first recorded encomendero being Gonzalo Méndez in 1549. It passed to Gonzalo Méndez de Sandoval in 1607, to Pedro de Loaysa in 1625 and then to Manuel Carrillo de Albornoz in 1648.[5]

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821, and in 1825 the area was assigned to the lower partition of Sotuta Municipality. In 1917, it was designated as its own municipality.[2]

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of public works, parks and gardens, nomenclature and public monuments.[6]

Communities

The head of the municipality is Cantamayec, Yucatán. There are 24 populated areas of the municipality.[6] The most notable, after the seat, include Actún-May, Chác, Chac-Motul, Chacxúl, Chalanté, Chichican, Chimay, Cholul, Dolores, Dzán, Dzidzilché, Jesús Man, Kambul, Kojobchaká, Kulkabapop, Múch, Nenelá, Nicté, Revolución, San Carlos, San Isidro, San José Xikó, San Juan, San Martín, San Pedro, Santa Candelaria, Sodzil, Talek, Tixcacal Pérez, Trinidad, Yokdzonot and Yuyumal. The significant populations are shown below:[2]

CommunityPopulation
Entire Municipality (2010)2,407[3]
Cantamayec1608 in 2005[7]
Cholul395 in 2005[8]
Nenelá223 in 2005[9]

Local festivals

Every year from 25 to 28 March the traditional town feast is celebrated.[2]

Tourist attractions
  • Church of San Luis, built in the seventeenth century
  • Church of San Miguel Arcángel, built in the eighteenth century
  • Archaeological site at Ohican
  • Cenote Cantamayec
  • Cenote Che´n Chiik
  • Cenote Cholul
  • Cenote Hunchi Ich
  • Cenote Jesús María
  • Cenote Kocholá
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References
  1. "Presidentes Municipales" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: PRI yucatan. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015.
  2. "Municipios de Yucatán »Cantamayec" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. "Mexico in Figures:Cantamayec, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. "Tamay". Bioarbol. Bioarbol. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. García Bernal, Manuela Cristina (1978). Población y encomienda en Yucatán bajo los Austrias (in Spanish). Sevilla: Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos. p. 522. ISBN 978-8-400-04399-5.
  6. "Cantamayec". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  7. "Cantamayec". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005.
  8. "Cholul". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005.
  9. "Nenelá". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005.
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