Kaua Municipality ( Yucatec Maya: "is it bitter?") is one of the 106

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

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state of Yucatán containing (214.60 km²) of land and is located roughly southeast of the city of Mérida.

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but it was a settlement before the

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. After colonization, the area became part of the

encomienda The ''encomienda'' () was a Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. The labourers, in theory, were provided with benefits by the conquerors for whom they laboured, including military ...

system with various encomenderos, beginning in 1544 with Juan de la Cruz, passing in 1607 to Juan Gil de la Cruz and Tomé Gil de la Cruz, to Ignacio de Escalante Barroto in 1663 and to Diego Escalante from 1700 to 1750. Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825 the area was assigned to the Valladolid Municipality. In 1928 the area became 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 sports, ecology and education. 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

Kaua, Yucatán Kaua is a locality and the municipal seat of the eponymous Kaua Municipality in the state of Yucatán in southeastern Mexico. It is located roughly southwest of the city of Valladolid Toponymy The name (Kaua) is a word from the Yucatec Maya lang ...

. The municipality has 12 populated places besides the seat including Chan Dzonot, Dzeal, Dzibiac, Haimil, Kankab, Knoh, San Nicolás, San Román, Tzcal, Xkoben, X'lapxul and Xuxcab. The significant populations are shown below:

Local festivals

Every year on 8 December the town celebrates the feast of Virgin of the Conception.

Tourist attractions

* Church of the Immaculate Conception, built during the seventeenth century * archeological sites at Kaua with crypts * Cenote Chuicabdzonot * Cenote Yaax Ek

References

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