Tinúm Municipality

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Tinúm
Municipality
Region 6 Oriente #091
Region 6 Oriente #091
Country Mexico
State Yucatán
Mexico Ind.1821
Yucatán Est.1824
Government
 • Type 2012–2015[1]
 • Municipal PresidentNatalia Mis Mex[2]
Area
 • Total393.44 km2 (151.91 sq mi)
 [2]
Elevation
24 m (79 ft)
Population
 (2010[3])
 • Total11,421
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Umanense
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code091
Major AirportMerida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA CodeMID
ICAO CodeMMMD
WebsiteOfficial Website
Municipalities of Yucatán

Tinúm Municipality (Yucatec Maya: "crippled numtzutzuy[n 1]")[5] is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (393.44 km2) of land and is located roughly 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of the city of Mérida.[2]

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but it was a settlement before the conquest and was located in the chieftainship of Cupules. Within the municipality is the location of Chichen Itza, built in the Post Classic Maya period, which reached its apex between the 11th and 12th centuries. After colonization, the area became part of the encomienda system with various encomenderos,[2] beginning with Juan García de Llanos in 1549 and passing to the crown in 1551. In 1607, it passed to Baltasar Pacheco Dorantes.[6]

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825[7] the area was assigned to the Valladolid Municipality. In 1918 the area became its own municipality.[2]

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has seven councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of public works, police commissaries, education, ecology, public monuments and sports.[8]

Communities

The head of the municipality is Tinúm, Yucatán. The municipality has 37 populated places[8] besides the seat including Balantún, Chichén Itzá, Chichil, Dzulotok, Macuchén, Pisté, San Francisco, San Felipe, San Felipe Nuevo, San José, San Nicolás, Santa María, Tohopkú and X-Calakoop. The significant populations are shown below:[2]

Community Population
Entire Municipality (2010) 11,421[3]
Pisté 4467 in 2005[9]
San Francisco 1444 in 2005[10]
Tinúm 1980 in 2005[11]
Tohopkú 470 in 2005[12]
X-Calakoop 1239 in 2005[13]

Local festivals

Every year on 12 June the town celebrates the feast of Saint Anthony of Padua.[2]

Tourist attractions

  • Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, built during the colonial era
  • Church of Conception, built during the colonial era
  • archeological sites at Bacancú, Canahum, Chichen Itza, Dzibiac, Halacal, Joya de Erik Thompson, Pisté, San Francisco Semé, San Juan Holtún, Tikincab, La Venta and Xnabá.
  • Sacred Cenote
  • Hacienda Chichén

Notes

  1. ^ "cereus pentagonus: Numtzutzuy (Gaumer); reported also as "nuntzutzuy." Sp. Tuna silvestre. Common. Stems climbing, 3-5-angled, rarely 6-8-angled, the spines 4 cm. long or less; flowers 14-20 cm. long, white; fruit large, red. The fruit is edible. The spines are sometimes used as a substitute for pins".[4]

References

  1. ^ "Aprueban registros" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Diario de Yucatán. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Municipios de Yucatán »Tinúm" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Mexico In Figures:Tinúm, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. ^ Standley, Paul C. (1930). "Flora of Yucatán". Chicago, Illinois: Field Museum of Natural History. p. 366. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. ^ "El Significado de los Nombres de los Pueblos de Yucatán: Plantas". Merida de Yucatan (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Crónicas de la Ciudad Blanca. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ^ García Bernal, Manuela Cristina (1978). Población y encomienda en Yucatán bajo los Austrias (in Spanish). Sevilla: Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos. p. 515. ISBN 978-8-400-04399-5. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Estado de Yucatán. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995" (PDF). inegi (in Spanish). Aguascalientes, Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. 1996. p. 15. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Tinúm". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Pisté" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  10. ^ "San Francisco" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Tinúm" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Tohopkú" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  13. ^ "X-Calakoop" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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