Maxcanú Municipality

Maxcanú
—  Municipality  —
Location of Maxcanú in Yucatán
Maxcanú Location of Maxcanú in Yucatán
Coordinates: 20°36′N 89°54′W / 20.6°N 89.9°W / 20.6; -89.9Coordinates: 20°36′N 89°54′W / 20.6°N 89.9°W / 20.6; -89.9
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Government
– Municipal President	Fausto Jose Pereyra Carmona[1]
Area
– Total	1,320.82 km2 (510 sq mi)
	[1]
Population (2005[2] [3])
– Total	20,830
Time zone	Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)
INEGI Code	048
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD
Website	Nuestros municipios - Maxcanú

Maxcanú is a municipality (municipio) in the western/southwestern section of Mexican state of Yucatán. Its seat is the town of Maxcanú. The municipality covers an area of approximately 1,321 km² and has a total population of over 18,800 inhabitants.

The municipality shares borders with the following adjacent municipalities: Celestún, Samahíl, and Kinchil to the north, Chocholá, Kopomá, and Opichén to the east, and Halachó to the south. A small portion of its southern border is also shared with the State of Campeche.

Communities

Those considered the more important are, Chunchucmil, Kanach, Cochol, Paraiso, Santa Rosa and Santo Domingo. And the Haciendas of Simón, Xlam Riti, Crucero Copop, Ché, Canzote, Memu y Xamail. The minor towns in the municipality are: San Rafael, San Fernando, Granada, Chactún, Sombrilla, Chan Chocholá and Coahuilá.^[1]

Landmarks

Archaeological

A temple dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Caramel that was built in the seventeenth century and two chapels, the first in honor of St. Michael the Archangel and the second at the Three Crosses; and three former haciendas Kochol called Santo Domingo, Grenada and Santa Rosa.^[1]

Prehispanic

There is an archaeological site located near Chunchucmil, bearing the same name.^[1]

See also

• Municipalities of Yucatán

External links

• http://www.yucatan.gob.mx/estado/municipios/31048a.htm - Geographic, demographic, and historic information, in Spanish, about the Municipality of Maxcanú.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Nuestros municipios - Maxcanú" (HTML). http://www.yucatan.gob.mx/estado/municipios/31048a.htm#. Retrieved 2009-11-12. 
2. ^ "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan" (HTML). http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_yucatan. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 
3. ^ Census Results by Locality, 2005 INEGI.