Umán Municipality

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.<ref name="municipios"/> The word "Umán" means “purchase” in the Yucatec Maya language.

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.<ref name="municipios"/> At colonization, Umán became part of the encomienda system with Francisco Hernández recorded as one of the earliest encomenderos.<ref name="de la Serna (1998)">Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref name=municipios />

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.<ref name=governance>Template:Cite web</ref>

Communities

The head of the municipality is Umán, Yucatán. There are 87 populated areas of the municipality.<ref name=governance /> The most notable include Bolón, Dzibikak, Dzununcán, Itzincab, Oxcum, Oxholón, Poxilá, San Antonio Mulix, Tebec, Xtepen, and Yaxcopoil. The significant populations are shown below:<ref name="municipios"/>

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	50,993<ref name=INEGI />
Bolón	1271 in 2005<ref name="Bolón (2005)">Template:Cite web</ref>
Dzibikak	1238 in 2005<ref name="Dzibikak (2005)">Template:Cite web</ref>
Itzincab	4744 in 2005<ref name="Itzincab (2005)">Template:Cite web</ref>
Oxcum	1049 in 2005<ref name="Oxcum (2005)">Template:Cite web</ref>
Oxholón	797 in 2005<ref name="Oxholón (2005)">Template:Cite web</ref>
Poxilá	801 in 2005<ref name="Poxilá (2005)">Template:Cite web</ref>
Tebec	459 in 2005<ref name="Tebec (2005)">Template:Cite web</ref>
Umán	29135 in 2005<ref name="Umán (2005)">Template:Cite web</ref>
Xtepén	485 in 2005<ref name="Xtepén (2005)">Template:Cite web</ref>
Yaxcopoil	1102 in 2005<ref name="Yaxcopoil (2005)">Template:Cite web</ref>

Local festivals

Every year from 13 to 15 September the town holds a celebration for the Christ of Love.<ref name="municipios"/>

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