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Umán Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán

Field	Value
official_name	Umán
native_name
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Umán, Yucatán (02).jpg
image_caption	Principal Church of Umán, Yucatán
image_map	Municipios de Yucatan con regiones.svg
map_caption	Region 2 Noroeste #101
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 logo (Mexico).svg	22px]] 2012–2015
leader_title	Municipal President
leader_name	Jesús Adrian Quintal Ic
established_title	Mexico Ind.
established_date	1821
established_title2	Yucatán Est.
established_date2	1824
established_title3	Municipality Est
established_date3	1921
area_total_km2	234.30
area_note
population_as_of	2010
population_total	50,993
population_density_km2	auto
population_blank1_title	Demonym
population_blank1	Umanense
timezone	Central Standard Time
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	Central Daylight Time
utc_offset_DST	-5
coordinates
elevation_m	7
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type	Postal Code
area_code	988
postal_code	97390
blank_name_sec1	INEGI Code
blank_info_sec1	101
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 Yucatán

Umán Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing 234.30 km2 of land and located roughly 15 km southwest of the city of Mérida. The word "Umán" means “purchase” in the Yucatec Maya language.

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, though it existed before the conquest and in antiquity belonged to the chieftainship of Ah Canul. At colonization, Umán became part of the encomienda system with Francisco Hernández recorded as one of the earliest encomenderos.

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the Lower Camino Real with its headquarters in Hunucma Municipality. In 1921, was designated as its own municipality.

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has nine councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of heritage and sports, policing, education and health, public works, potable water, rural development and social management, roads and markets, nomenclature and recruiting, ecology, public monuments.

Communities

The head of the municipality is Umán, Yucatán. There are 87 populated areas of the municipality. The most notable include Bolón, Dzibikak, Dzununcán, Itzincab, Oxcum, Oxholón, Poxilá, San Antonio Mulix, Tebec, Xtepen, and Yaxcopoil. The significant populations are shown below:

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	50,993
Bolón	title= Bolón	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/bolon/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	access-date=30 July 2015	language=es	date=2005}}
Dzibikak	title= Dzibikak	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/dzibikak/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	access-date=30 July 2015	language=es	date=2005}}
Itzincab	title=Itzincab	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/itzincab-2/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	access-date=30 July 2015	language=es	date=2005}}
Oxcum	title= Oxcum	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/oxcum/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	access-date=30 July 2015	language=es	date=2005}}
Oxholón	title= Oxholón	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/oxholon/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	access-date=30 July 2015	language=es	date=2005}}
Poxilá	title=Poxilá	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/poxila/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	access-date=30 July 2015	language=es	date=2005}}
Tebec	title=Tebec	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/tebec/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	access-date=30 July 2015	language=es	date=2005}}
Umán	title= Umán	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/uman/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	access-date=30 July 2015	language=es	date=2005}}
Xtepén	title= Xtepén	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/xtepen/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	access-date=30 July 2015	language=es	date=2005}}
Yaxcopoil	title=Yaxcopoil	url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/yaxcopoil/	website=PueblosAmerica	publisher=PueblosAmerica	access-date=30 July 2015	language=es	date=2005}}

Local festivals

Every year from 13 to 15 September the town holds a celebration for the Christ of Love.

Tourist attractions

The ex-convent and Church of St. Francis of Assisi, built in the eighteenth century
Archaeological sites at Bolon, Hotzus and Kizil
Hacienda Xtepén
Hacienda Yaxcopoil

References

(23 January 2014). "Presidentes Municipales". PRI yucatan.
"Municipios de Yucatán »Umán".
"Mexico In Figures:Umán, Yucatán". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI).
(1998). "Iglesia y sociedad en América Latina colonial: interpretaciones y proposiciones". Univ. Autónoma de México.
"Umán". Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México.
(2005). "Bolón". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Dzibikak". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Itzincab". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Oxcum". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Oxholón". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Poxilá". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Tebec". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Umán". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Xtepén". PueblosAmerica.
(2005). "Yaxcopoil". PueblosAmerica.

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