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Merida
Municipality
Merida City Hall
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality in Yucatan
MeridaLocation of the municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°45′21″N 89°31′29″W / 20.75583°N 89.52472°W / 20.75583; -89.52472
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Mexico Ind.	1821
Yucatán Est.	1824
Municipality Est	1918
Government
• Type	2018 – 2021
• Municipal President	Renán Barrera Concha
Area
• Total	858.41 km (331.43 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population
• Total	830,732
• Density	970/km (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Area code	999
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD
Website	http://www.merida.gob.mx
Municipalities of Yucatán

Mérida Municipality is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (858.41 km) of land with the head or seat being the city of Mérida. Because the archaeological remains of the Maya reminded the Spaniards of the ancient city of Mérida, Spain, which was marked by Roman archaeological sites, they renamed the site of T-hó after the Spanish city.

History

What now constitutes the head of the municipality of Mérida, was a pre-Hispanic Itza Mayan town called T-hó (Yucatec Maya language meaning "five hills"), which was founded around the 12th century AD. By the time of the Spanish arrival, the city was virtually abandoned, though still used as a ceremonial center and its remnant buildings were of impressive monumental scale. Francisco de Montejo the Younger established the city of Mérida on the site on 6 January 1542. In the first year of the conquest, Montejo ordered the establishment of 54 encomiendas in favor of his soldiers and confirmed the three principal municipalities to be Mérida, Valladolid, and San Francisco de Campeche.

Overlapping jurisdictions occurred for the area at various times with the administration being under the Audiencia de Guatemala in 1549, but also the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1549-1552. Then between 1552 and 1561 the area returned to the Audiencia de Guatemala and between 1561 and 1565 was again administered under the Viceroyalty of New Spain. In 1617, Yucatán became a Captaincy General in its own stead.

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was distributed into 15 administrative partitions including Bacalar, Campeche, Hecelchakán, Hunucmá, Ichmul, Isla del Carmen, Izamal, Lerma, Mama, Mérida, Oxkutzcab, Seibaplaya, Sotuta, Tizimín and Valladolid. In 1840, Yucatán declared itself to be a free, independent nation with its capital located in Mérida. The following year treaties were signed for the peninsula to rejoin Mexico, but by 1842, independence was again declared. In 1843, a new treaty of reinstatement was signed, but in 1845 the peninsula withdrew because Mexico had not complied with the terms of the 1843 agreement. Finally in 1846 the peninsula agreed to reintegrate into Mexico but the outbreak of the Caste War, in 1847, an indigenous rebellion that took place throughout the Yucatán, delayed the full implementation until 1849.

The Constitution of 1850, redrafted the administrative divisions and made headquarters for the 17 partitions at: Bacalar, Bolonchenticul, Campeche, Espita, Hequelchakan, Isla del Carmen, Izamal, Maxcanú, Mérida, Motul, Peto, Seibaplaya, Sotuta, Tekax, Ticul, Tizimin, and Valladolid. In 1918, the modern municipality of Mérida was confirmed as the seat of the municipio and capital of the State.

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has seventeen councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of Markets, Utilities and Public Safety; Administration; Social Development; Public Security; Entertainment; Urban Development and Ecology; Public Works; Youth And Sports; Women; Health and Disability; Economic Development; Tourism; Heritage; Education; and Culture.

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.

Geography

The land throughout the municipality is virtually flat, without any areas of the elevation, and like much of the Yucatan Peninsula has no surface water streams. There are cenotes both underground and at the surface (collapsed caverns). The climate is semi-humid, with temperature range between a maximum of 40 °C and minimum 14 °C.

Communities

The head of the municipality is Mérida, Yucatán. There are 158 populated areas of the municipality. The most notable include Caucel, Chablekal, Cholul, Chuburná de Hidalgo, Cosgaya, Dzityá, Dzununcán, Komchén, Molas, San José Tzal, Sierra Papacal and Sitpach. Communities of 50 people or more (as of 2005) are listed below, along with numerous smaller ones (not listed).

Local festivals

Every year on 6 January the founding of the city is acknowledged in a citywide festival. Also annually from 27 September to 14 October is a celebration in honor of Santo Cristo de las Ampollas.

Tourist attractions

• La Casa de Montejo (1549)
• Catedral de San Ildefonso (1598), first in the continental Americas
• Palacio de Gobierno (1892)
• Monumento à la Patria (1956)
• Haciendas of Yucatán: 18th century farms associated with the Henequen industry in Yucatán.
• Misnebalam Ghost Town

References

1. ^ "Municipios de Yucatán »Mérida" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2015.
2. "Mexico In Figures:Mérida, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
3. Barteet, C. Cody (2007). Colonial contradictions in the Casa de Montejo in Mérida, Yucatan Space, society, and self-representation at the edge of viceregal Mexico. Binghamton, New York: State University of New York. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-549-13267-7. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
4. Pinet Plasencia, Adela, ed. (1998). La Península de Yucatán en el Archivo General de la Nación (in Spanish) (1st ed.). San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 95. ISBN 978-9-683-65757-2. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
5. "Estado de Yucatán. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995" (PDF). inegi (in Spanish). Aguascalientes, Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
6. "New Spain AD 1535 - 1821". History Files UK. Kessler Associates. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
7. Estado de Yucatán. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995, p 69
8. Estado de Yucatán. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995, p 70
9. "Campeche". INAFED (in Spanish). Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
10. Estado de Yucatán. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995, p 73
11. ^ "Mérida". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
12. Census Results by Locality, 2005 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine INEGI.

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Metros	Mérida
Larger cities	Acanceh Chemax Espita Hunucmá Izamal Kanasín Maxcanú Motul Muna Oxkutzcab Peto Progreso Tekax Ticul Tixkokob Tizimín Umán Valladolid
Smaller cities	Akil Baca Buctzotz Cacalchén Cansahcab Caucel Celestún Cenotillo Chablecal Chelem Chichimilá Chicxulub Chocholá Cholul Conkal Cuzamá Dzán Dzemul Dzidzantún Dzilam González Halachó Hocabá Hoctún Homún Huhí Itzincab Ixil Kantunil Kimbilá Kinchil Komchén Maní Opichén Panabá Pisté Popolá Popolnáh Sacalum San José Tzal Santa Elena Seyé Sotuta Sucilá Tahdziú Tahmek Teabo Tecoh Tekantó Tekit Telchac Pueblo Temax Temozón Tetiz Timucuy Tixcacalcupul Tixpéhual Tzucacab X-Can
Municipalities	Region 1, Poniente, Yucatán Celestún Chocholá Halachó Hunucmá Kinchil Kopomá Maxcanú Opichén Samahil Tetiz Region 2: Noroeste, Yucatán Abalá Acanceh Baca Chicxulub Pueblo Conkal Ixil Kanasín Mérida Mocochá Progreso Seyé Tahmek Tecoh Timucuy Tixkokob Tixpéhual Ucú Umán Yaxkukul Region 3: Centro, Yucatán Cuzamá Hocabá Hoctún Homún Huhí Izamal Kantunil Sanahcat Sudzal Tekal de Venegas Tekantó Tepakán Teya Tunkás Xocchel Region 4: Litoral centro, Yucatán Bokobá Cacalchén Cansahcab Dzemul Dzidzantún Dzilam de Bravo Dzilam González Dzoncauich Motul Muxupip Sinanché Suma de Hidalgo Telchac Pueblo Telchac Puerto Temax Yobaín Region 5: Noreste, Yucatán Buctzotz Calotmul Cenotillo Espita Panabá Río Lagartos San Felipe Sucilá Tizimín Region 6: Oriente, Yucatán Chankom Cantamayec Chacsinkín Chemax Chichimilá Chikindzonot Cuncunul Dzitás Kaua Peto Quintana Roo Sotuta Tahdziú Tekom Temozón Tinúm Tixcacalcupul Uayma Valladolid Yaxcabá Region 7: Sur, Yucatán Akil Chapab Chumayel Dzán Mama Maní Mayapán Muna Oxkutzcab Sacalum Santa Elena Teabo Tekax Tekit Ticul Tixméhuac Tzucacab

• Municipalities of Yucatán
• 1918 establishments in Mexico