Cantamayec Municipality


Cantamayec is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It covers an area of 502.02 km2 and is located roughly 110 km southeast of the city of Mérida.

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, though it existed before the conquest. At colonization, Cantamayec became part of the encomienda system with the first recorded encomendero being Gonzalo Méndez in 1549. It passed to Gonzalo Méndez de Sandoval in 1607, to Pedro de Loaysa in 1625 and then to Manuel Carrillo de Albornoz in 1648.
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821, and in 1825 the area was assigned to the lower partition of Sotuta Municipality. In 1917, it was designated as its own municipality.

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of public works, parks and gardens, nomenclature and public monuments.

Communities

The head of the municipality is Cantamayec, Yucatán. There are 24 populated areas of the municipality. The most notable, after the seat, include Actún-May, Chác, Chac-Motul, Chacxúl, Chalanté, Chichican, Chimay, Cholul, Dolores, Dzán, Dzidzilché, Jesús Man, Kambul, Kojobchaká, Kulkabapop, Múch, Nenelá, Nicté, Revolución, San Carlos, San Isidro, San José Xikó, San Juan, San Martín, San Pedro, Santa Candelaria, Sodzil, Talek, Tixcacal Pérez, Trinidad, Yokdzonot and Yuyumal. The significant populations are shown below:
CommunityPopulation
Entire Municipality 2,407
Cantamayec1608 in 2005
Cholul395 in 2005
Nenelá223 in 2005

Local festivals

Every year from 25 to 28 March the traditional town feast is celebrated.

Tourist attractions