Bokobá Municipality
{{Short description|Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán}}
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|leader_name = Ruby Sosa{{Cite web| title = Municipios de Yucatán » Bokobá | url = http://www.yucatan.gob.mx/estado/municipios/ver_municipio.php?id=5 | access-date = 2 June 2015 |language=es }}
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Bokobá Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “splashing water”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (48.54 km2) of land and located roughly 45 km east of the city of Mérida.
History
Prior to the conquest, the area fell within the provinces of Ceh Pech and after the conquest became part of the encomienda system. In 1700, the encomendero was Esteban Pérez Montiel, who was responsible for 481 native inhabitants.
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 In 1900 it was withdrawn and became head of the municipality which bears its name.
Governance
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four aldermen who serve as councilors for public works, public monuments, ecology, transportation and highway administration.{{cite web|title=Bokobá|url=http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM31yucatan/index.html|website=inafed|publisher=Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México|access-date=4 June 2015|location=Mérida, Mexico|language=es}}
Communities
The head of the municipality is Bokobá, Yucatán. The other populated areas in the municipality are Mucuyché, San Antonio Choil and San Antonio II. The significant populations are shown below:
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| Entire Municipality (2010) | 2,053 |
| Bokobá | 1955 in 2005{{cite web|title=Bokobá|url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/bokoba/|website=PueblosAmerica|publisher=PueblosAmerica|access-date=8 June 2015|language=es|date=2005}} |
Local festivals
Tourist attractions
- Our Lady of the Assumption Church
- Hacienda Mucuyché Campos