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Tetiz
Tetiz
Municipality
	Principal Church of Tetiz, Yucatán
	Region 1 Poniente #087
	Tetiz Location of the Municipality in Mexico
	Coordinates: 20°57′44″N 89°56′02″W / 20.96222°N 89.93389°W
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Mexico Ind.	1821
Yucatán Est.	1824
Government
• Type	2012–2015
• Municipal President	Jesús Damián Chan Caab
Area
• Total	180.11 km2 (69.54 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	4,725
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
• Demonym	Umanense
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code	087
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD
	Municipalities of Yucatán

Tetiz Municipality (Yucatec Maya: "place of the sweet potato") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (180.11 km²) of land and is located roughly 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the city of Mérida.^[2]

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but it was a settlement before the conquest and was located in the chieftainship of Ak Canul. After colonization, the area became part of the encomienda system with various encomenderos, including Pablo de Aguilar and Alonso Hernández between 1700 and 1750.^[2]

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825 the area was assigned to the Lower Camino Real under the Hunucma Municipality. In 1918 the area was confirmed as its own municipality.^[2]

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of heritage and public works; police and transit; public services, education and health; and parks, gardens and ecology.^[4]

Communities

The head of the municipality is Tetiz, Yucatán. The municipality has 10 other populated places^[4] including Homote, Kooté, Muxupilo, Nohuayum, San Antonio, San Antonio Viudas, San Francisco, Toxix and Yulca. The significant populations are shown below:^[2]

Community	Population
Entire Municipality (2010)	4,725^[3]
Nohuayún	712 in 2005^[5]
Tetiz	3747 in 2005^[6]

Local festivals

Every year from 10 to 15 August the town holds a festival in honor of our Lady of the Asunción.^[2]

Tourist attractions

Church of San Bernardino, built in the colonial era
Hacienda Nohuayún
Hacienda Santa Cecilia

References

^ "Presidentes Municipales" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: PRI yucatan. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Municipios de Yucatán »Tetiz" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Mexico In Figures:Tetiz, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Tetiz". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ "Nohuayún" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ "Tetiz" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 18 August 2015.