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Ucú
Municipality
Church of Ucú, Yucatán
Coat of arms
Region 2 Noroeste #100
UcúLocation of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°01′51″N 89°44′49″W / 21.03083°N 89.74694°W / 21.03083; -89.74694
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Government
• Type	[REDACTED] 2012–2015
• Municipal President	Jorge Luis Magaña Tun
Area
• Total	192.89 km (74.48 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population
• Total	3,469
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code	009
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD

Ucú Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “place of the seven moons”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (192.89 km) of land and located roughly 16 km northwest of the city of Mérida.

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, though it existed before the conquest and in antiquity belonged to the chieftainship of Ah Canul. At colonization, Ucú became part of the encomienda system with Francisca Rodríguez Vicario recorded as the encomendero.

In 1821, Yucatán was declared independent of the Spanish Crown. In 1825 the area was part of the Mérida region, and later it passed to the region of Hunucma. Ucú was designated as its own municipality in 1925.

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a term of three years. The president appoints four Councilpersons to serve on the board for three year terms, as the Secretary and councilors who oversee public works, street lighting, nomenclature, markets, cemeteries, and commissaries.

Communities

The head of the municipality is Ucú, Yucatán. The other important town is Yaxché de Peón and there are three small haciendas: Gobonyá, Sey, and Siach. The major population areas are shown below:

Local festivals

Every year on 8 September the feast the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is celebrated.

Tourist attractions

• Archaeological site at Ucú
• Archaeological site at Tisikul
• Hacienda Yaxché de Peón

References

1. "Unidad en el PRI". Por Esto! (in Spanish). Por Esto!. 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
2. ^ "Municipios de Yucatán » Ucú" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2015.
3. ^ "Mexico In Figures:Ucú, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
4. "Ucú". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
5. "Ucú". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
6. "Yaxché". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

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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

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