Tinúm Municipality (
Yucatec Maya: "crippled
numtzutzuy")
is one of the 106
municipalities in the
Mexican
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** People
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*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
state of
Yucatán containing () 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 it was a settlement before the
conquest and was located in the chieftainship of Cupules. Within the municipality is
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza , es, Chichén Itzá , often with the emphasis reversed in English to ; from yua, Chiʼchʼèen Ìitshaʼ () "at the mouth of the well of the Itza people" was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal ...
, a city built in the Post Classic Maya period, which reached its apex between the 11th and 12th centuries.
After colonization by the Spanish, the area became part of the
encomienda
The ''encomienda'' () was a Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. The labourers, in theory, were provided with benefits by the conquerors for whom they laboured, including military ...
system with various encomenderos,
beginning with Juan García de Llanos in 1549 and passing to the crown in 1551. In 1607, it passed to Baltasar Pacheco Dorantes.
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821. In 1825
the Mexican government assigned this community to the
Valladolid Municipality. In 1918 Tinúm was designated as an independent 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, police commissaries, education, ecology, public monuments and sports.
Communities
The seat of the municipality is Tinúm. The municipality has 37 populated places
besides the seat, including Balantún, Chichén Itzá, Chichil, Dzulotok, Macuchén,
Pisté, San Francisco, San Felipe, San Felipe Nuevo, San José, San Nicolás, Santa María, Tohopkú, and X-Calakoop. The significant populations are shown below:
Local festivals
Every year on 12 June, the town celebrates the feast of
Saint Anthony of Padua, its patron saint.
Tourist attractions
* Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, built during the colonial era
* Church of Conception, built during the colonial era
* archeological sites at Bacancú, Canahum,
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza , es, Chichén Itzá , often with the emphasis reversed in English to ; from yua, Chiʼchʼèen Ìitshaʼ () "at the mouth of the well of the Itza people" was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal ...
, Dzibiac, Halacal, Joya de Erik Thompson, Pisté, San Francisco Semé, San Juan Holtún, Tikincab, La Venta and Xnabá.
*
Sacred Cenote
*
Hacienda Chichén
Notes
References
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Municipalities of Yucatán