Umán Municipality

For other uses, see Uman (disambiguation).

Umán Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (234.30 km²) of land and located roughly 15 km southwest of the city of Mérida.^[2] The word "Umán" means “purchase” in the Yucatec Maya language.

Umán
Municipality
Principal Church of Umán, Yucatán
Region 2 Noroeste #101
Umán Location of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°53′N 89°45′W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Mexico Ind.	1821
Yucatán Est.	1824
Municipality Est	1921
Government
• Type	2012–2015[1]
• Municipal President	Jesús Adrian Quintal Ic[2]
Area
• Total	234.30 km2 (90.46 sq mi)
	[2]
Elevation [2]	7 m (23 ft)
Population  (2010[3])
• Total	50,993
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
• Demonym	Umanense
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Postal Code	97390
Area code	988
INEGI Code	101
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, though it existed before the conquest and in antiquity belonged to the chieftainship of Ah Canul.^[2] At colonization, Umán became part of the encomienda system with Francisco Hernández recorded as one of the earliest encomenderos.^[4]

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the Lower Camino Real with its headquarters in Hunucma Municipality. In 1921, was designated as its own municipality.^[2]

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has nine councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of heritage and sports, policing, education and health, public works, potable water, rural development and social management, roads and markets, nomenclature and recruiting, ecology, public monuments.^[5]

Communities

The head of the municipality is Umán, Yucatán. There are 87 populated areas of the municipality.^[5] The most notable include Bolón, Dzibikak, Dzununcán, Itzincab, Oxcum, Oxholón, Poxilá, San Antonio Mulix, Tebec, Xtepen, and Yaxcopoil. The significant populations are shown below:^[2]

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	50,993[3]
Bolón	1271 in 2005[6]
Dzibikak	1238 in 2005[7]
Itzincab	4744 in 2005[8]
Oxcum	1049 in 2005[9]
Oxholón	797 in 2005[10]
Poxilá	801 in 2005[11]
Tebec	459 in 2005[12]
Umán	29135 in 2005[13]
Xtepén	485 in 2005[14]
Yaxcopoil	1102 in 2005[15]

Local festivals

Every year from 13 to 15 September the town holds a celebration for the Christ of Love.^[2]

Tourist attractions

• The ex-convent and Church of St. Francis of Assisi, built in the eighteenth century
• Archaeological sites at Bolon, Hotzus and Kizil
• Hacienda Xtepén
• Hacienda Yaxcopoil