Calotmul Municipality

Calotmul
Calotmul
Municipality
	Municipal Offices of Calotmul, Yucatán
	Region 5 Noreste #008
	Calotmul Location of the Municipality in Mexico
	Coordinates: 21°01′08″N 88°10′37″W / 21.01889°N 88.17694°W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Mexico Ind.	1821
Yucatán Est.	1824
Government
• Type	2012–2015
• Municipal President	Manuel Jesús Polanco Contreras
Area
• Total	361.50 km2 (139.58 sq mi)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	4,095
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
• Demonym	Umanense
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code	008
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD
	Municipalities of Yucatán

Calotmul Municipality (Yucatec Maya: "place of two conjoined hills") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (361.50 km²) of land and is located roughly 185 kilometres (115 mi) east of the city of Mérida.^[2]

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but during the conquest, it became part of the encomienda system^[2] and the first encomendero was Rodrigo Alvarez in 1549.^[4] Subsequent encomenderos included Nicolas del Puerto (1665), who was entrusted with 400 indigenous persons; Antonio de la Felguera Castillo (1710), who had charge over 584 natives; and Marco Ayala.^[2]

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821, and in 1825 the area was assigned to the Tizimín Municipality.^[2] In 1988 it was confirmed as head of its own municipality.^[5]

Governance

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

Communities

The head of the municipality is Calotmul, Yucatán. There are 17 populated areas of the municipality^[6] which include Pocobóch, Táhcabo and Yokdzonot Meneses. The significant populations are shown below:^[2]

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	4,095^[3]
Calotmul	2623 in 2005^[7]
Pocobóch	774 in 2005^[8]
Táhcabo	412 in 2005^[9]

Local festivals

Every year from 1 to 8 December the town celebrates a festival in honor of the Immaculate Conception.^[2]

Tourist attractions

Church of Immaculate Conception, built in the seventeenth century
Cenote Actun-Dzonot
Cenote Azúl
Cenote Baal-Kax
Cenote Bal-Che
Cenote Chacal Has
Cenote Chakah

References

^ "Alcaldes" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Buenas Tareas. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Municipios de Yucatán »Calotmul" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Mexico In Figures:Calotmul, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
^ García Bernal, Manuela Cristina (1978). Población y encomienda en Yucatán bajo los Austrias (in Spanish). Sevilla: Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos. p. 503. ISBN 978-84-00-04399-5. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Estado de Yucatán. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995" (PDF). inegi (in Spanish). Aguascalientes, Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. 1996. p. 123. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Calotmul". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ "Calotmul" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ "Pocobóch" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^ "Táhcabo" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[party-1] "Alcaldes" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Buenas Tareas. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[municipios-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Municipios de Yucatán »Calotmul" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[INEGI-3] "Mexico In Figures:Calotmul, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[García_Bernal_(1978)-4] García Bernal, Manuela Cristina (1978). Población y encomienda en Yucatán bajo los Austrias (in Spanish). Sevilla: Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos. p. 503. ISBN 978-84-00-04399-5. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[state_divisions-5] "Estado de Yucatán. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995" (PDF). inegi (in Spanish). Aguascalientes, Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. 1996. p. 123. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[governance-6] "Calotmul". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[Calotmul_(2005)-7] "Calotmul" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[Pocobóch_(2005)-8] "Pocobóch" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[Táhcabo_(2005)-9] "Táhcabo" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

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