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Abalá Municipality

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Country
  
Mexico

Elevation
  
6 m (20 ft)

Area
  
301.4 km²

State
  
Yucatán

INEGI Code
  
001

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Time zone
  
Central Standard Time (UTC-6)

Major Airport
  
Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport

Abalá Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “Place of the plum juice”) is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (301.45 km2) of land and located roughly 50 km south of the city of Mérida.

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History

After the conquest, during the colonial period, the Municipality of Abalá was founded as an encomienda first for Francisco de Montejo the Younger in 1549 and then in 1607 for Juan de Montejo Maldonado. The right to press the natives into labor then passed in 1632 to Conde-Duque of San Lucas, in 1633 to the Countess of Olivares, in 1699 to Mariana de Guzmán Duchess of Medina Cidoña, and in 1727 to Doña Josefa Díaz Bolio who had control of 211 Indians.

In the modern era, the haciendas Maxal y Kambriche became part of the Muna Municipality on 18 April 1902.

On 20 January 1926, the cocoa farm and ranch Yaxcopoil are incorporated into the town of Umán but a decade later on 17 January 1936, the cocoa farm was restored to Abalá municipality.

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. Four aldermen—Secretary, public works, nomenclature, and ecology—also serve on the town council.

Communities

The municipality is made up of 7 communities:

Local festivals

Every year from 10 to 17 May, Abalá holds a fiesta celebrating the Virgin Mary.

Tourist attractions

  • Cave/Cenote Kankirixché
  • Hacienda Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Pebá
  • Hacienda San Pedro Ochil
  • Hacienda Temozón Sur
  • Hacienda Uayalceh
  • Hacienda Cacao
  • Notables

  • Daniel Ayala Pérez
  • References

    Abalá Municipality Wikipedia