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Cansahcab Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán

Field	Value
official_name	Cansahcab
native_name
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Cansahcab, Yucatán (02).jpg
image_caption	Principal Church of Cansahcab, Yucatán
image_map	Municipios de Yucatan con regiones.svg
map_caption	Region 4 Litoral centro #009
pushpin_map	Mexico
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the Municipality in Mexico
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	[[File:Flag of Mexico.svg	40px]] Mexico
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	[[File:Flag of Yucatan.svg	40px]] Yucatán
government_type	[[File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg	22px]] 2012–2015
leader_title	Municipal President
leader_name	Felipe Chan May
area_total_km2	146.9
area_note
population_as_of	2010
population_total	4,696
population_blank1_title	Demonym
timezone	Central Standard Time
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	Central Daylight Time
utc_offset_DST	-5
coordinates
elevation_m	6
elevation_footnotes
blank1_name_sec1	INEGI Code
blank1_info_sec1	009
blank_name_sec2	Major Airport
blank_info_sec2	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
blank1_name_sec2	IATA Code
blank1_info_sec2	MID
blank2_name_sec2	ICAO Code
blank2_info_sec2	MMMD

Cansahcab Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: "Place of the four white caves") is a small (146.90 km2) municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán located roughly 50 km southeast of the state capital of Mérida.

History

Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area belonged to the chieftainship of Ah Kin Chel. After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system. One of the encomenderas was Bantulia Sosa de Rivero, who in 1700 had responsibility entrusted for the care of 250 indigenous inhabitants.

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the Izamal Municipality. In 1913 it was designated as its own municipality.

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of ecology, public services and public security.

Communities

The head of the municipality is Cansahcab, Yucatán. The other populated areas of the municipality include Ayala, Ekbalám, Kancabchén, San Antonio Xíat, San Isidro, San Pedro, Santa María, and Uchanchá. The significant populations are shown below:

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	4,696
Cansahcab	title=Cansahcab (2005)	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/cansahcab/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=4 July 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}
San Antonio Xíat	title=San Antonio Xíat (2005)	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/san-antonio-xiat/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=4 July 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}
Santa María	title=Santa María (2005)	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/santa-maria-152/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=4 July 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}

Local festivals

Every year from 14 – 16 September, Cansahcab holds an annual fair or "fiesta del pueblo" during which an impromptu bullfighting ring is set up to host much of the festivities which include a charrería, bullfighting and folkloric dancing. On 4 October, a feast is held in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of the town.

Notable people

Notable locals include General Teodosio Canto who was governor of the state of Yucatán from 1882-1886.

Tourist attractions

Former Convent and Church of St. Francis of Assisi, built in the seventeenth century
Cenote Bohchen
Cenote Hu-Can-Ha
Cenote Popola

References

(23 January 2014). "Presidentes Municipales". PRI yucatan.
"Municipios de Yucatán »Cansahcab".
"Mexico In Figures:Cansahcab, Yucatán". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI).
"Cansahcab". Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México.
(2005). "Cansahcab (2005)". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "San Antonio Xíat (2005)". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Santa María (2005)". PueblosAmerica.
"Independence day".

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