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Calotmul Municipality
Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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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]
Local festivals
Every year from 1 to 8 December the town celebrates a festival in honor of the Immaculate Conception.[2]
Tourist attractions
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- 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
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