Abalá Municipality

Abalá Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “Place of the plum juice”) is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (301.45 km2) of land and located roughly 50 km south of the city of Mérida.

Abalá
Municipality
Church of Abalá, Yucatán
Region 2 Noroeste #001
Abalá
Location of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°38′48″N 89°40′47″W
Country Mexico
State Yucatán
Government
 • Type 2012–2015[1]
 • Municipal PresidentJose Candelario Ac Canche[2]
Area
 • Total301.45 km2 (116.39 sq mi)
 [1]
Elevation6 m (20 ft)
Population
 (2005 [3][4])
 • Total5,976
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code001
Major AirportMerida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA CodeMID
ICAO CodeMMMD

History

After the conquest, during the colonial period, the Municipality of Abalá was founded as an encomienda first for Francisco de Montejo the Younger in 1549 and then in 1607 for Juan de Montejo Maldonado. The right to press the natives into labor then passed in 1632 to Conde-Duque of San Lucas, in 1633 to the Countess of Olivares, in 1699 to Mariana de Guzmán Duchess of Medina Cidoña, and in 1727 to Doña Josefa Díaz Bolio who had control of 211 Indians.[1]

In the modern era, the haciendas Maxal y Kambriche became part of the Muna Municipality on 18 April 1902.

On 20 January 1926, the cocoa farm and ranch Yaxcopoil are incorporated into the town of Umán but a decade later on 17 January 1936, the cocoa farm was restored to Abalá municipality.[1]

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. Four aldermen—Secretary, public works, nomenclature, and ecology—also serve on the town council.[5]

Communities

The municipality is made up of 7 communities:

CommunityPopulation
Entire Municipality (2010)6,356[6]
Abalá1797 in 2005[7]
Cacao261 in 2005[8]
Mucuyché454 in 2005[9]
Peba275 in 2005[10]
Sihunchén336 in 2005[11]
Temozón716 in 2005[12]
Uayalceh2122 in 2005[13]

Local festivals

Every year from 10 to 17 May, Abalá holds a fiesta celebrating the Virgin Mary.[1]

Tourist attractions
  • Cave/Cenote Kankirixché
  • Hacienda Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Pebá
  • Hacienda San Pedro Ochil
  • Hacienda Temozón Sur
  • Hacienda Uayalceh
  • Hacienda Cacao

Notables

References
  1. "Municipios de Yucatán » Abalá". Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  2. "Priistas agradecidos" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Diario de Yucatán. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  3. "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  4. Census Results by Locality, 2005 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine INEGI.
  5. "Abalá". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  6. "Mexico In Figures: Abalá, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  7. "Abalá". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  8. "Cacao". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  9. "Mucuyché". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  10. "Peba". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  11. "Sihunchén". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  12. "Temozón". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  13. "Uayalceh". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
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