Tekit Municipality
{{Short description|Municipality in the Mexican state of 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|accessdate=6 August 2015|location=Mérida, Mexico|language=Spanish}}
|leader_title = Municipal President
|leader_name = Luis Enrique Medina Bacelis{{Cite web| title = Municipios de Yucatán »Tekit | url = http://www.yucatan.gob.mx/estado/municipios/ver_municipio.php?id=080 | accessdate = 6 August 2015 |language=Spanish }}
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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 = 219.71
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|population_total = 9,884
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|population_blank1 =Umanense
|timezone = Central Standard Time
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|blank_name_sec2 = Major Airport
|blank_info_sec2 = Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
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Tekit Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “place which sprawls") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (219.71 km2) of land and is located roughly 65 km southeast of the city of Mérida.
History
There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but during the conquest, it was part of the chieftainship of Tutul Xiu. At colonization, Tekit became part of the encomienda system with a series of encomendaros: Fernando de Bracamonte (1549); Pedro de Ancona and Pedro de Ancona Frías (1700); and Narcisa de Castro y Aguilar (1751), among others. The chiefs after conquest included Alfonso Xiú (1557) and Diego Xiú (1581).
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821, and in 1825 the area was assigned to the low sierra partition of Mama Municipality. In 1845 it was transferred to the Tecoh Municipality but was deserted during the Caste War of Yucatán. In 1867, Tekit was transferred to the Ticul Municipality and in 1988 was confirmed as 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|accessdate=6 August 2015|location=Aguascalientes, Mexico|language=Spanish|date=1996|pages=111, 123|url-status=dead|archiveurl=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|archivedate=2015-12-23}}
Governance
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has seven councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of public works; education, sports and culture; potable water; ecology; nomenclature; and public monuments.{{cite web|title=Tekit | url=http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM31yucatan/index.html|website=inafed|publisher=Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México|accessdate=6 August 2015|location=Mérida, Mexico|language=Spanish}}
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 Tekit, Yucatán. There are 23 populated areas of the municipality including: Chacsiniché, Chacsuy, Dolores Aké, Ixmequel, Jesús, Kankirisché, Kinchahua, San Antonio, San Isidro, San José, San Juan de la Mata, San Nicolás I, San Nicolás II, San Rafael, Santa Cruz, Tixcacal, Tomchún, Ualchén, Wkuim, Xconlum, Xixil, Xtoquitón and Yaxic. The significant populations are shown below:
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| Entire Municipality (2010) | 9,884 |
| Tekit | 9087 in 2005{{cite web|title=Tekit|url=http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/tekit/|publisher=PueblosAmerica|accessdate=6 August 2015|language=Spanish|date=2005}} |
Local festivals
Tourist attractions
- Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, built in the sixteenth century
- archaeological site at Chumula