Tahdziú Municipality

Tahdziú Municipality (Yucatec Maya: "place of the strong Tziu bird") is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (53.65 km²) of land and is located roughly 145 kilometres (90 mi) southeast of the city of Mérida.[2]

Tahdziú
Municipality
Region 6 Oriente #073
Tahdziú Location of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°12′08″N 88°56′35″W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Mexico Ind.	1821
Yucatán Est.	1824
Government
• Type	2012–2015[1]
• Municipal President	Victoria Yaa Medina[2]
Area
• Total	53.65 km^2 (20.71 sq mi)
	[2]
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population  (2010[3])
• Total	4,447
• Density	83/km^2 (210/sq mi)
• Demonym	Umanense
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code	073
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD
Municipalities of Yucatán

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but it was a settlement before the conquest. After colonization, the area became part of the encomienda system with Juan Magaña Arroyo and Juan de Argais y Cienfuegos, serving as encomenderos over 360 indigenous people.[2]

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821,[2] and in 1825 the area was assigned to the High Sierra partition with headquarters in Tekax Municipality. In 1867, it was moved to the jurisdiction of the Peto Municipality before being confirmed as its own municipality in 1988.[4]

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; cleanliness, hygiene and public sanitation; public monuments; and nomenclature.[5]

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.[5]

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.[5]

Communities

The head of the municipality is Tahdziú, Yucatán. The municipality has 30 populated places[5] besides the seat including Mocte, San Isidro Uno, Santa Margarita and Timul. The significant populations are shown below:[2]

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	4,447[3]
Tahdziú	3242 in 2005[6]
Timul	451 in 2005[7]

Local festivals

Every year on 18 April there is a feast to celebrate Saint Peter the Apostle and from 7 to 12 August, the town celebrates a festival for its patron, San Lorenzo.[2]

Tourist attractions

• Church of San Lorenzo, built during the seventeenth century
• archeological site at Sitpach
• archeological site at Xemas
• Hacienda Xtabay

References

1. "Presidentes Municipales" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: PRI yucatan. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. "Municipios de Yucatán »Tahdziú" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2015.
3. "Mexico In Figures:Tahdziú, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
4. "Estado de Yucatán. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995" (PDF). inegi (in Spanish). Aguascalientes, Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. 1996. pp. 83, 116, 124. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
5. "Tahdziú". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
6. "Tahdziú" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
7. "Timul" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2015.