Sacalum Municipality (In the
Yucatec Maya
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Language: “white earth") is one of the 106
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Mexican state of
Yucatán
Yucatán (, also , , ; yua, Yúukatan ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán,; yua, link=no, Xóot' Noj Lu'umil Yúukatan. is one of the 31 states which comprise the federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate mun ...
containing (205.66 km
2) of land and is located roughly 75 km south of the city of
Mérida.
History
There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but during the
conquest
Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms.
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 ...
, a
Franciscan order settled here. At colonization, Sacalum became part of the
encomienda system
with a series of encomendaros: Pedro Alvarez 1549, Francisco Pacheco 1579, Francisco de Solís 1607, Ignacio de Solís Osorio 1688, Lucas de Villamil y Vargas 1694.
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 1867 it was transferred to the
Ticul Municipality
Ticul de Morales Municipality is one of the 106 municipalities in Yucatán State, Mexico. It is located in the western part of the state at () 100 km south of the state capital city of Mérida. The municipality, which has an area of 355.12 ...
and confirmed as its own municipality in 1988.
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 security and public lighting, image and ecology, potable water, cemeteries, and police commissaries.
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.
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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.][
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Communities
The head of the municipality is Sacalum, Yucatán. There are 9 populated areas of the municipality including: Chacá, Plan Chac, San Antonio Mulix, San Antonio Sodzil, San Esteban, San Raúl, Tepakán, Yohkat and Yunkú. The significant populations are shown below:
Local festivals
Every year on 3 May the town celebrates a festival in honor of the Holy Cross.
Tourist attractions
* Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, built in the eighteenth century
* Hacienda San Antonio Sodzil
References
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Municipalities of Yucatán