Akil Municipality (

Yucatec Maya Yucatec Maya ( ; referred to by its speakers as or ) is a Mayan languages, Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, including part of northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic community of Yucatec Maya speakers in San Fra ...

: "place of the vines") is a

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in the Mexican

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Yucatán Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida. ...

containing (48.54 km²) of land and is located roughly southeast of the Capital State.

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but it was a settlement before the

conquest Conquest involves the annexation or control of another entity's territory through war or Coercion (international relations), coercion. Historically, conquests occurred frequently in the international system, and there were limited normative or ...

. Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821, and in 1825 the area was assigned to the High Sierra partition with headquarters in Tekax Municipality. In 1848, one of the bloodiest battles of the

Caste War of Yucatán The Caste War of Yucatán or ''ba'atabil kichkelem Yúum'' (1847–1915) began with the revolt of Indigenous peoples of Mexico, indigenous Maya peoples, Maya people of the Yucatán Peninsula against Hispanic populations, called ''Yucatecos''. Th ...

occurred in Akil between Maya rebels and troops under the command of Colonel José Dolores Cetina. In 1919, it became its own municipality.

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, public lighting, health, public security, public monuments, and nomenclature.

Communities

The head of the municipality is Akil, Yucatán. The municipality has 9 populated places besides the seat including Plan Chác, el Rancho Kitinché, San Diego and San Martino. The significant populations are shown below:

Local festivals

Every year in the second week of April there is a festival in honor of Santa Inés.

Tourist attractions

* Church of Santa Inés, built during the sixteenth century * Archaeological site at Akil * Archaeological site at Sac nicte Akil

References

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