Acanceh Municipality | |
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 Church of Acanceh, Yucatán | |
 Region 2 Noroeste #002 | |
  Acanceh Municipality Location of the Municipality in Mexico | |
| Coordinates:20°48′46″N89°27′13″W / 20.81278°N 89.45361°W /20.81278; -89.45361 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Yucatán |
| Government | |
| • Type | .svg){kind=logo} 2012–2015[1] |
| • Municipal President | Jorge Faustino Toloza Pool[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 153.29 km2 (59.19 sq mi) |
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| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population (2010[3]) | |
• Total | 15,337 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| INEGI Code | 002 |
| Major Airport | Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport |
| IATA Code | MID |
| ICAO Code | MMMD |
Acanceh Municipality (In theYucatec Maya Language: “Where the deer moans”) is amunicipality in theMexicanstate ofYucatán containing 153.29 km2 of land and located roughly 32 km southeast of the city ofMérida.
During the Maya period there were mounds and pyramids here. Various archeological sites exist, like those at Canicab, Poxila and Ekmul.[1]
After theconquest during the colonial period, the Municipality of Acanceh was founded as anencomienda in the second half of the sixteenth century. The most notable of the encomenderos were Francisco de Arceo and the Lady Ana Arguelles. Also during this period, a convent and Church to the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the Church of our Lady of the Nativity, were built in Acanceh.[1]
In the nineteenth century, Acanceh changed jurisdiction numerous times. In 1825, it was part of themunicipality of Mama; in 1837, was transferred to themunicipality of Mérida; in 1840, it was joined with themunicipality of Tecoh; in 1862 it returned to the Mérida Municipality; and finally in 1876, the State Congress granted the status of the village.[1]
In the modern era, GovernorPrisciliano Cortés granted Acanceh the rank of city in 1914, but that was revoked by GovernorSalvador Alvarado when he declared official acts of the previous administration null and void. In 1918, the organic law of municipalities for the state of Yucatán declared Acanceh as a free municipality. On 20 December 1922, by Decree of the Socialist GovernorFelipe Carrillo Puerto, land reform returned the land to the pueblo.[1]
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. Nine aldermen also serve on the town council. There is a Secretary, and councilors of Heritage and patrimony; Education and Culture; Public Works; Public Security; Nomenclature; Parks and Public Gardens; Ecology; and Cemeteries.[4]
The municipality is made up of 6 communities:
| Community | Population |
|---|---|
| Entire Municipality (2010) | 15,3376[3] |
| Acanceh | 10,211 in 2005[5] |
| Canicab | 724 in 2005[6] |
| Petectunich | 558 in 2005[7] |
| Sácchich | 239 in 2005[8] |
| Tepich Carrillo | 824 in 2005[9] |
| Ticopó | 1584 in 2005[10] |
Every year from 3 to 7 October Tepich holds the celebration in honor to the Virgin of the Rosary; from 14 to 17 August, in Petectunich they celebrate the Immaculate Conception; and from November 27 to December 12 is the festival of our Lady of Guadalupe.[1]
