Calotmul Municipality (

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: "place of two conjoined hills") is a

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in the Mexican

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containing (361.50 km²) of land and is located roughly east of the city of Mérida.

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but during the

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, it became part of the

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system and the first encomendero was Rodrigo Alvarez in 1549. 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. Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821, and in 1825 the area was assigned to the

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. In 1988 it was confirmed as head of its own municipality.

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.

Communities

The head of the municipality is Calotmul, Yucatán. There are 17 populated areas of the municipality which include Pocobóch, Táhcabo and Yokdzonot Meneses. The significant populations are shown below:

Local festivals

Every year from 1 to 8 December the town celebrates a festival in honor of the Immaculate Conception.

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

References

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