Baca Municipality (In the
Yucatec Maya
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Language: “water in the shape of a horn”) is one of the 106
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Mexican
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state of
Yucatán
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containing (118.78 km
2) of land and located roughly 32 km east of the city of
Mérida.
History
In 1441 following the fall of Mayapan, the area fell within the provinces of Ceh Pech and after the
conquest
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Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent, t ...
became part of the
encomienda
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system. During the conquest, the batab (chief), Ah-Op-Pech, was baptized and took the name Ambrosio Pech, simultaneously being appointed as governor. He was succeeded by his son Pedro Pech in 1567. In 1704, the encomendero was Pedro Cepeda y Lira II, who was responsible for 1548 native inhabitants.
On 15 October 1881, the village became Villa Baca. In 1900, the station of Tixkunheil was categorized as a village. In 1912, San Antonio Tzutzá and its annex "Yaxnic" are joined with Baca municipality. In 1921, the Villa was dissolved and the land was returned to the
ejido
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.
Governance
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has seven aldermen who serve as councilors for ecology, parks and public gardens; public safety; public works; public health; cemeteries; sanitation; and nomenclature.
Communities
The head of the municipality is
Baca, Yucatán
Baca is a locality in the state of Yucatán, Mexico, head of the homonymous municipality. It is located approximately east of Mérida, and west of Motul.
Toponymy
The toponymic Baca is the Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya (; referred to by it ...
. Within its municipal jurisdiction are eleven communities. Minor communities are Unidad de Riego Boxactún, Rancho Kiiché, Hacienda Kuxúb, San Carlos, San José Novelo, Santa Cruz Collí, Santa María and Santo Domingo. Three locations are considered important communities. The three major population areas are shown below:
Local festivals
Every year from 1 to 3 May, Baca holds a fiesta in honor of the Holy Cross. Also in May from the 15 to 19, is an annual festival for San Isidro Labrador.
Tourist attractions
* Our Lady of the Assumption Church
* Hacienda Hili
*
Hacienda Kancabchén
* Hacienda Sacapuc
* Hacienda San Jose, houses Thai restaurant and Fundebien Charitable Foundation's cancer treatment center
* Hacienda Santa María
* Hacienda Siniltum
References
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Municipalities of Yucatán