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Tixkokob Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán

Field	Value
official_name	Tixkokob
native_name
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Tixkokob, Yucatán (03).JPG
image_caption	Church of Tixkokob, Yucatán
image_map	Municipios de Yucatan con regiones.svg
map_caption	Region 2 Noroeste #093
pushpin_map	Mexico
pushpin_label_position	left
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Mexico
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Yucatán
established_title	Mexico Ind.
established_date	1821
established_title2	Yucatán Est.
established_date2	1824
established_title3	Municipality Est.
established_date3	1923
area_total_km2	159.67
area_note
population_as_of	2005
population_total	16151
population_blank1_title	Demonym
population_blank1	Tixkokobenses
timezone	Central Standard Time
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	Central Daylight Time
utc_offset_DST	-5
coordinates
elevation_m	8
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type	Postal Code
area_code	991
postal_code	97470
blank1_name_sec1	INEGI Code
blank1_info_sec1	093
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

Tixkokob Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “Place of the poisonous snakes”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. Its municipal seat is located in the City of Tixkokob. The town of Tixkokob is famous within the area for high quality hammock weaving. The municipality made up largely of working class communities.

Location

Tixkokob is located in the center of the Yucatán henequen zone, about 24 miles east of the city of Merida, capital of the state. Tixkokob is about halfway along the road from Merida to Izamal.

History

In antiquity, it was part of the province of Ceh-Pech. Upon the conquest, it became part of the encomienda system. It is referenced in a document dated 1549, indicating 540 indigenous persons affiliated with the encomendero.

In 1821, Yucatán was declared independent of the Spanish Crown. In 1825 the area was part of the Coastal region, with its headquarters in Izamal. On 10 April 1843, 500 soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Pérez and General Peña y Barragán, defended the Mexican government against separatist Yucatecan forces in Tixkokob.

In July 1867, Tixkokob was designated as a Villa by the State Congress. In 1914, it was elevated to the rank of city, but a few months later demoted again. In 1923 the ejido system was put in place and Tixkokob became a free pueblo.

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a term of three years. The president appoints nine Councilpersons to serve on the board for three year terms, as the Secretary and councilors of culture, public image, public works, sports, ecology, cemeteries, parks and gardens, and nomenclature.

Communities

The municipality is made up of 17 different communities, of which the most important are:

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	title=Mexico In Figures: Tixkokob, Yucatán	url=http://www3.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/mexicocifras/default.aspx?e=31&lang=en	website=INEGI	publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)	accessdate=6 May 2015	location=Aguascalientes, México	language=Spanish, English	url-status=dead	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506191855/http://www3.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/mexicocifras/default.aspx?e=31&lang=en	archivedate=6 May 2015}}
Ruinas de Aké	title=Aké	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/ruinas-de-ake/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=3 June 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}
Ekmul	title=Ekmul	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/ekmul/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=3 June 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}
Euán	title=Euán	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/euan/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=3 June 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}
Nolo	title=Nolo	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/nolo/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=3 June 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}
San Antonio Millet	title=San Antonio Millet	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/san-antonio-millet/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=3 June 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}
Tixkokob	title=Tixkokob	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/tixkokob/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	accessdate=3 June 2015	language=Spanish	date=2005}}

Places of interest

The archaeological zone of Ake is located in the municipality of Tixkokob, 15 kilometers from the township of Tixkokob.
Cenote Yaax Ha
Hacienda Ruinas de Ake
Hacienda Hubila
Hacienda Kankabchén
Hacienda Kanyunyun
Hacienda Katanchel
Hacienda Nohchan
Hacienda Oncan
Hacienda San Antonio Millet
Hacienda Santa María Chí

Notables

Notable locals include the following:

Hernando Pech

Tixkokob chieftain who was accused of attending a Tehchamac human sacrifice, Tehchamac was located near the border of the province of Chepech Chacan.

Ah Kin Chablé

Tixkokob priest, who served as an informant to Adelantado Montejo. The Maya priest converted to Christianity and took the name of D. Lorenzo Chablé.

Arsenio Puerto Lara

A supporter of Carrillo Puerto and a member of the socialist league when she was young. Carrillo Puerto received the support of thousands of henequen workers. General Cardenas supported Lara to succeed General Canto Echeverria. In his tenure at the committee, Lara obtained significant benefits for the farmers of Tixkokob.

Carlos R. Menéndez

Writer, journalist and historian (1872–1961), founder of the Printing Company currently publishes the newspaper Diario de Yucatán.

References

"Nuestros municipios - Tixkokob".
"Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan".
link. (2011-07-22 INEGI.)
"Municipios de Yucatán » Tixkokob". Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán.
"Tixkokob". Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México.
"Mexico In Figures: Tixkokob, Yucatán". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI).
(2005). "Aké". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Ekmul". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Euán". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Nolo". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "San Antonio Millet". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Tixkokob". PueblosAmerica.

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