Calotmul Municipality
Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán
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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]
Calotmul | |
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Municipal Offices of Calotmul, Yucatán | |
 Region 5 Noreste #008 | |
  Calotmul Location of the Municipality in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 21°01′08″N 88°10′37″W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Yucatán |
| Mexico Ind. | 1821 |
| Yucatán Est. | 1824 |
| Government | |
| • Type | .svg){kind=small} 2012–2015[1] |
| • Municipal President | Manuel Jesús Polanco Contreras[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 361.50 km2 (139.58 sq mi) |
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| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population (2010[3]) | |
• Total | 4,095 |
| • Density | 11.33/km2 (29.34/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Umanense |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| INEGI Code | 008 |
| 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 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]
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
Local festivals
Every year from 1 to 8 December the town celebrates a festival in honor of the Immaculate Conception.[2]
Tourist attractions
- 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