Cuzamá Municipality
{{Short description|Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán}}
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|subdivision_name1 = 40px Yucatán
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|government_type = 22px 2012–2015{{cite web|title=Presidentes Municipales|url=http://www.priyucatan.org.mx/seccion/modal/presidentes-municipales|publisher=PRI yucatan|date=23 January 2014|accessdate=5 July 2015|location=Mérida, Mexico|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703015951/http://www.priyucatan.org.mx/seccion/modal/presidentes-municipales|archive-date=3 July 2015|url-status=dead}}
|leader_title = Municipal President
|leader_name = Wilbert Orlando Soberanis Villanueva{{Cite web| title = Municipios de Yucatán »Cuzamá | url = http://www.yucatan.gob.mx/estado/municipios/ver_municipio.php?id=15 | accessdate = 5 July 2015 |language=Spanish }}
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|established_title = Mexico Ind.
|established_date = 1821
|established_title2 = Yucatán Est.
|established_date2 = 1824
|established_title3 = Municipality Founded
|established_date3 = 1925
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|area_total_km2 = 150.73
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|population_total = 4,966
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|timezone = Central Standard Time
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|blank_info_sec1 = 015
|blank_name_sec2 = Major Airport
|blank_info_sec2 = Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
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Cuzamá Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “place to swallow water”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (150.73 km2) of land and located roughly 45 km southeast of the city of Mérida.
History
It is unknown which chieftainship the area was under prior to the arrival of the Spanish. After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system. As early as 1607, the encomienda of Cuzamá was shared with the encomendero of Homún.{{cite book|last1=García Bernal|first1=Manuela Cristina|title=Población y encomienda en Yucatán bajo los Austrias|date=1978|publisher=Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos|location=Sevilla|isbn=978-8-400-04399-5|page=119| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HYfY8H8P4VUC&pg=PA337|accessdate=3 July 2015|language=Spanish}} In 1710, the encomenderos were Alfonso de Aranda y Aguayo and Pedro de Mézquita.
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 Municipality. In 1846, it passed to the Homún Municipality and was reassigned again in 1870 to the Acanceh Municipality. It was designated as its own municipality by 1925.
Governance
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of monuments and heritage, public services, policing commissaries, and ecology.{{cite web|title=Cuzamá|url=http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM31yucatan/index.html|website=inafed|publisher=Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México|accessdate=5 July 2015|location=Mérida, Mexico|language=Spanish|archive-date=8 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508064449/http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM31yucatan/index.html|url-status=dead}}
The Municipal Council administers the business of the municipality. It is responsible for budgeting and expenditures and producing all required reports for all branches of the municipal administration. Annually it determines educational standards for schools.
The Police Commissioners ensure public order and safety. They are tasked with enforcing regulations, distributing materials and administering rulings of general compliance issued by the council.
Communities
The head of the municipality is Cuzamá, Yucatán. The other populated areas of the municipality include Chunkanán, Eknakán, Nohchakán, and Yaxcucul. The significant populations are shown below:
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| Entire Municipality (2010) | 4,966 |
| Chunkanán | 335 in 2005{{cite web|title=Chunkanán|url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/chunkanan-2/|website=PueblosAmerica|publisher=PueblosAmerica|accessdate=5 July 2015|language=Spanish|date=2005}} |
| Cuzamá | 3,577 in 2005{{cite web|title=Cuzamá|url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/cuzama/|website=PueblosAmerica|publisher=PueblosAmerica|accessdate=5 July 2015|language=Spanish|date=2005}} |
| Eknakán | 659 in 2005{{cite web|title=Eknakán|url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/eknakan/|website=PueblosAmerica|publisher=PueblosAmerica|accessdate=5 July 2015|language=Spanish|date=2005}} |
| Nohchakán | 175 in 2005{{cite web|title=Nohchakán|url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/nohchakan/|website=PueblosAmerica|publisher=PueblosAmerica|accessdate=5 July 2015|language=Spanish|date=2005}} |
Local festivals
Tourist attractions
- Church of the Holy Trinity, built in the sixteenth century
- Church of St. Francis of Assisi, built in the colonial era
- Archeological site at Chuncanan
- Archeological site at Eknacan
- Archeological site at Xculab
- Cuzamá cenotes: Bolonchojol, Chacsinicche, and Chelentun. Two competing horse-drawn tram services use the same stretch of {{TrackGauge|500mm|lk=on}} narrow gauge{{Cite web|title=Trams of the World 2024|url=https://blickpunktstrab.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/tramsderwelt2024.pdf|publisher=Blickpunkt Straßenbahn|date=January 3, 2024|access-date=July 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226201629/https://blickpunktstrab.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/tramsderwelt2024.pdf|archive-date=February 26, 2024}} track leading to the cenotes.{{cite web|title=The Cenotes of Cuzama|url=http://www.yucatanliving.com/destinations/the-cenotes-of-cuzama-chunkanan.htm|website=Yucatan Living|publisher=Yucatan Living|accessdate=6 July 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706114832/http://www.yucatanliving.com/destinations/the-cenotes-of-cuzama-chunkanan.htm|archivedate=6 July 2015}}
- Hacienda Cuchbalam
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References
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{{Commons category|Cuzamá Municipality}}
{{Yucatán}}
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