Cacalchén Municipality

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Cacalchén Municipality

Coordinates: 20°58′56″N 89°13′40″W / 20.98222°N 89.22778°W

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Cacalchén
Municipality
Principal Church of Cacalchén, Yucatán
Region 4 Litoral centro #007
Cacalchén Location of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°58′56″N 89°13′40″W / 20.98222°N 89.22778°W / 20.98222; -89.22778
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Government
• Type	2012–2015^[1]
• Municipal President	Eiter Georfrey Vazquez Sosa^[2]
Area
• Total	76.64 km² (29.59 sq mi)
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Elevation ^[2]	10 m (30 ft)
Population (2010^[3])
• Total	6,811
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code	009
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD

Cacalchén Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “place of the well with two mouths”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (76.64 km²) of land and located roughly 40 km east of the city of Mérida.^[2]

History

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There is no extant record of Mayan settlement prior to the conquest. After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system and Maria Sanchez Sosa was one of the first known encomenderos.^[2]

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the coastal region with its headquarters in Izamal. In May 1848 during the Caste War of Yucatán, Cacalchén became a refuge to Colonel José del Carmen Bello after the Mayan rebels defeated government troops and took Izamal. In December of the same year, the Mayan guerrillas commanded by Jacinto Pat looted the town and killed the white settlers.^[2]

In 1900 it was withdrawn and became head of the municipality which bears its name.^[2]

Governance

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The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has seven aldermen who serve as councilors for public works, public services, ecology, parks, public sanitation, nomenclature and cemeteries.^[4]

Communities

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The head of the municipality is Cacalchén, Yucatán. The other populated areas in the municipality are Catzín, Puhá, Sahcabá and San Antonio. The significant populations are shown below:^[2]

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	6,811^[3]
Cacalchén	6399 in 2005^[5]

Local festivals

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Every year from 20 to 29 June a celebration is held in honor of the patron saints of the town, St. Peter and St. Paul.^[2]

Tourist attractions

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Church of St. Paul dates to the sixteenth century
Hacienda Dzidzilché

References

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^ "Alcaldes" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: buenas tareas. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Municipios de Yucatán » Cacalchén" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Mexico In Figures: Cacalchén, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
^ "Cacalchén". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "Cacalchén". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

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Region 1, Poniente, Yucatán	Celestún Chocholá Halachó Hunucmá Kinchil Kopomá Maxcanú Opichén Samahil Tetiz
Region 2: Noroeste, Yucatán	Abalá Acanceh Baca Chicxulub Pueblo Conkal Ixil Kanasín Mérida Mocochá Progreso Seyé Tahmek Tecoh Timucuy Tixkokob Tixpéhual Ucú Umán Yaxkukul
Region 3: Centro, Yucatán	Cuzamá Hocabá Hoctún Homún Huhí Izamal Kantunil Sanahcat Sudzal Tekal de Venegas Tekantó Tepakán Teya Tunkás Xocchel
Region 4: Litoral centro, Yucatán	Bokobá Cacalchén Cansahcab Dzemul Dzidzantún Dzilam de Bravo Dzilam González Dzoncauich Motul Muxupip Sinanché Suma de Hidalgo Telchac Pueblo Telchac Puerto Temax Yobaín
Region 5: Noreste, Yucatán	Buctzotz Calotmul Cenotillo Espita Panabá Río Lagartos San Felipe Sucilá Tizimín
Region 6: Oriente, Yucatán	Chankom Cantamayec Chacsinkín Chemax Chichimilá Chikindzonot Cuncunul Dzitás Kaua Peto Quintana Roo Sotuta Tahdziú Tekom Temozón Tinúm Tixcacalcupul Uayma Valladolid Yaxcabá
Region 7: Sur, Yucatán	Akil Chapab Chumayel Dzán Mama Maní Mayapán Muna Oxkutzcab Sacalum Santa Elena Teabo Tekax Tekit Ticul Tixméhuac Tzucacab

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