Mayapán Municipality
{{Short description|Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán}}
{{For|the pre-Columbian Maya site|Mayapan}}
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|settlement_type = Municipality
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|image_caption = Principal Church of Mayapán, Yucatán
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|map_caption = Region 7 Sur #049
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|subdivision_name = 25px Mexico
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|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Yucatán}}
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|government_type = 22px 2012–2015{{cite web|title=Un proyecto une al PAN|url=http://yucatan.com.mx/merida/un-proyecto-une-al-pan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124063804/http://yucatan.com.mx/merida/un-proyecto-une-al-pan|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2014|publisher=Diario de Yucatán|date=23 January 2014|access-date=3 August 2015|location=Mérida, Mexico|language=es}}
|leader_title = Municipal President
|leader_name = Víctor Manuel Pool Cen{{Cite web| title = Municipios de Yucatán »Mayapán | url = http://www.yucatan.gob.mx/estado/municipios/ver_municipio.php?id=049 | access-date = 3 August 2015 |language=es }}
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|established_title = Mexico Ind.
|established_date = 1821
|established_title2 = Yucatán Est.
|established_date2 = 1824
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|area_total_km2 = 103.47
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|population_total = 3,269
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|population_blank1_title =Demonym
|population_blank1 =Umanense
|timezone = Central Standard Time
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = Central Daylight Time
|utc_offset_DST = -5
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|elevation_m = 24
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|blank_name_sec1 = INEGI Code
|blank_info_sec1 = 049
|blank_name_sec2 = Major Airport
|blank_info_sec2 = Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
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|footnotes = Municipalities of Yucatán
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Mayapán Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “flag of the Mayas") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (103.47 km2) of land and is roughly 95 km southeast of the city of Mérida.
History
The area that is now the Mayapán Municipality was previously part of the Chumayel Municipality. In 1935, it became the head of its own municipality.{{cite web|title=Estado de Yucatán. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 |url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/pais/divi_terri/1810-1985/yuc/YUCATAN.pdf |website=inegi |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática |access-date=3 August 2015 |location=Aguascalientes, Mexico |language=es |date=1996 |pages=89 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223101757/http://www.inegi.org.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/pais/divi_terri/1810-1985/yuc/YUCATAN.pdf |archive-date=23 December 2015 }}
Governance
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of health, public works, parks and gardens and public monuments.{{cite web|title=Mayapán| url=http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM31yucatan/index.html|website=inafed|publisher=Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México|access-date=3 August 2015|location=Mérida, Mexico|language=es}}
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 Mayapán, Yucatán. Besides the seat, the populated areas of the municipality include: Chacchibilá, Cumax, Cuzamá, Ibachil, San Antonio, San Antonio Techó, San Ignacio, San Juan, San Juan Uc, San Pedro, San Simón, Santa Isabel, Santa María González, Shichechén, Xcotzá and Yaxbacaltún. The significant populations are shown below:
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! Community !! Population | |
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| Entire Municipality (2010) | 3,269 |
| Mayapán | 2958 in 2005{{cite web|title=Mayapán |url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/mayapan-2/|website=PueblosAmerica|publisher=PueblosAmerica|access-date=3 August 2015|language=es|date=2005}} |
Local festivals
References
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