Tinúm Municipality

Tinúm Municipality (Yucatec Maya: "crippled numtzutzuy^{[n 1]}")^[5] is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (393.44 km² or 151.91 sq mi) of land and is located roughly 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of the city of Mérida.^[2]

Tinúm
Municipality
Region 6 Oriente #091
Tinúm Location of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°45′59″N 88°23′30″W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Mexico Ind.	1821
Yucatán Est.	1824
Government
• Type	2012–2015[1]
• Municipal President	Natalia Mis Mex[2]
Area
• Total	393.44 km2 (151.91 sq mi)
	[2]
Elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Population  (2010[3])
• Total	11,421
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
• Demonym	Umanense
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code	091
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD
Municipalities of Yucatán

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 Chichen Itza, a city built in the Post Classic Maya period, which reached its apex between the 11th and 12th centuries.

After colonization by the Spanish, 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. In 1825^[7] the Mexican government assigned this community to the Valladolid Municipality. In 1918 Tinúm was designated as an independent 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 seat of the municipality is Tinúm. 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]

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  Pisté
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  X-Calacoop

Local festivals

Every year on 12 June, the town celebrates the feast of Saint Anthony of Padua, its patron saint.^[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]