Kopomá Municipality (
Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya ( ; referred to by its speakers as or ) is a Mayan languages, Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, including part of northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic community of Yucatec Maya speakers in San Fra ...
: "low or sunken water")
is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Mexican state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Yucatán
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...
containing (260.59 km
2) of land and is located roughly southwest of the city of
Mérida.
History
There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but it was a settlement before the
conquest
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and was located in the chieftainship of Ah Canul.
After colonization, the area became part of the
encomienda
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system with various encomenderos,
such as in 1638 Francisco de Castillo Alvarado, Violante de Aragón y Guzmán, and Luis Francisco de Guardiola. It passed to Angela Menéndez de Porres in 1680, in 1691 to Casimiro J. Osorio Menéndez de Avilés,
and to Josi Pordio in 1734.
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825 the area was assigned to the Camino Real
under the
Maxcanú Municipality
Maxcanú Municipality (in the Yucatec Maya language: "his four monkeys") is a Municipalities of Yucatán, municipality in the Mexico, Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Yucatán. Its seat is the town of Maxcanú. The municipality covers a ...
.
In 1935 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 municipal heritage and urban planning; public works and public services; ecology and public security; and highway administration.
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
Kopomá, Yucatán. The municipality has 3 other populated places
including Concepción, San Bernardo and Santa Clara. The significant populations are shown below:
Local festivals
Every year on 15 May the town celebrates the feast of its patron, San Isidro Labrador.
Tourist attractions
* Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, built in the colonial era
*
Hacienda San Bernardo
* Cenote San Tito - this is a small cenote in someone's backyard with challenging vertical access and suitable for the more adventurous traveler. There is no infrastructure here at the time of this writing (2020) and the fee to descend into the refreshing waters is 30 pesos per person.
References
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Municipalities of Yucatán