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Cuzamá Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán

Field	Value
official_name	Cuzamá
native_name
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Cuzamá, Yucatán (05).JPG
image_caption	Principal Church of Cuzamá, Yucatán
image_map	Municipios de Yucatan con regiones.svg
map_caption	Region 3 Centro #015
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	Wilbert Orlando Soberanis Villanueva
established_title	Mexico Ind.
established_date	1821
established_title2	Yucatán Est.
established_date2	1824
established_title3	Municipality Founded
established_date3	1925
area_total_km2	150.73
area_note
population_as_of	2010
population_total	4,966
population_density_km2	auto
population_blank1_title	Demonym
timezone	Central Standard Time
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	Central Daylight Time
utc_offset_DST	-5
coordinates
elevation_m	10
blank_name_sec1	INEGI Code
blank_info_sec1	015
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
footnotes	Municipalities of Yucatan

Cuzamá Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “place to swallow water”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing 150.73 km2 of land and located roughly 45 km southeast of the city of Mérida.

History

It is unknown which chieftainship the area was under prior to the arrival of the Spanish. After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system. As early as 1607, the encomienda of Cuzamá was shared with the encomendero of Homún. In 1710, the encomenderos were Alfonso de Aranda y Aguayo and Pedro de Mézquita.

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the Coastal region with its headquarters in Izamal Municipality. In 1846, it passed to the Homún Municipality and was reassigned again in 1870 to the Acanceh Municipality. It was designated as its own municipality by 1925.

Governance

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

The Municipal Council administers the business of the municipality. It is responsible for budgeting and expenditures and producing all required reports for all branches of the municipal administration. Annually it determines educational standards for schools.

The Police Commissioners ensure public order and safety. They are tasked with enforcing regulations, distributing materials and administering rulings of general compliance issued by the council.

Communities

The head of the municipality is Cuzamá, Yucatán. The other populated areas of the municipality include Chunkanán, Eknakán, Nohchakán, and Yaxcucul. The significant populations are shown below:

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	4,966
Chunkanán	title=Chunkanán	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/chunkanan-2/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=5 July 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}
Cuzamá	title=Cuzamá	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/cuzama/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=5 July 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}
Eknakán	title=Eknakán	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/eknakan/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=5 July 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}
Nohchakán	title=Nohchakán	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/nohchakan/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=5 July 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}

Local festivals

Every year from 1 to 8 September is a celebration for the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.

Tourist attractions

Church of the Holy Trinity, built in the sixteenth century
Church of St. Francis of Assisi, built in the colonial era
Archeological site at Chuncanan
Archeological site at Eknacan
Archeological site at Xculab
Cuzamá cenotes: Bolonchojol, Chacsinicche, and Chelentun. Two competing horse-drawn tram services use the same stretch of narrow gauge track leading to the cenotes.
Hacienda Cuchbalam

References

(23 January 2014). "Presidentes Municipales". PRI yucatan.
"Municipios de Yucatán »Cuzamá".
"Mexico In Figures:Cuzamá, Yucatán". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI).
(1978). "Población y encomienda en Yucatán bajo los Austrias". Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos.
"Cuzamá". Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México.
(2005). "Chunkanán". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Cuzamá". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Eknakán". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Nohchakán". PueblosAmerica.
(January 3, 2024). "Trams of the World 2024". Blickpunkt Straßenbahn.
"The Cenotes of Cuzama". Yucatan Living.

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