Bokobá Municipality

Bokobá
Bokobá
Municipality
	Church of Bokobá, Yucatán
	Region 4 Litoral centro #005
	Bokobá Location of the Municipality in Mexico
	Coordinates: 21°00′23″N 89°10′46″W / 21.00639°N 89.17944°W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Government
• Type	2018–2021
• Municipal President	Ruby Sosa
Area
• Total	48.54 km2 (18.74 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,053
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code	009
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD

Bokobá Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “splashing water”) is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (48.54 km²) of land and located roughly 45 km east of the city of Mérida.^[2]

History

Prior to the conquest, the area fell within the provinces of Ceh Pech and after the conquest became part of the encomienda system. In 1700, the encomendero was Esteban Pérez Montiel, who was responsible for 481 native inhabitants.^[2]

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. In 1900 it was withdrawn and became head of the municipality which bears its name.^[2]

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four aldermen who serve as councilors for public works, public monuments, ecology, transportation and highway administration.^[4]

Communities

The head of the municipality is Bokobá, Yucatán. The other populated areas in the municipality are Mucuyché, San Antonio Choil and San Antonio II. The significant populations are shown below:^[2]

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	2,053^[3]
Bokobá	1955 in 2005^[5]

Local festivals

Every year on 15 August a festival is held in honor of Our Lady of the Assumption.^[2]

Tourist attractions

Our Lady of the Assumption Church
Hacienda Mucuyché Campos

References

^ "Se registra precandidatos del tricolor" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Por Esto!. 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Municipios de Yucatán » Bokobá" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Mexico In Figures: Bokobá, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
^ "Bokobá". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "Bokobá". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

[RI-1] "Se registra precandidatos del tricolor" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Por Esto!. 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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

[INEGI-3] "Mexico In Figures: Bokobá, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

[governance-4] "Bokobá". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

[Bokobá_(2005)-5] "Bokobá". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

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