Umán Municipality

Umán
—  Municipality  —
Location of Umán in Yucatán
Umán Location of Umán in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°53′N 89°45′W / 20.883°N 89.75°W / 20.883; -89.75Coordinates: 20°53′N 89°45′W / 20.883°N 89.75°W / 20.883; -89.75
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Mexico Ind.	1821
Yucatán Est.	1824
Municipality Est	1921
Government
– Type	PRI 2007-2010
– Municipal President	William Manuel Quintal López[1]
Area
– Total	234.30 km2 (90.5 sq mi)
	[1]
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population (2005 [2][3])
– Total	52,268
– Density	223.1/km2 (577.8/sq mi)
– Demonym	Umanense
Time zone	Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)
Postal Code	97390
Area code(s)	988
INEGI Code	101
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD
Website	Official Website
Municipalities of Yucatán

The Municipality of Umán is one of the 106 municipalities in Yucatán state, Mexico. Its municipal seat is located in the City of Umán.

Umán is located at 20°53′00″N 89°45′00″W / 20.8833333°N 89.75°W / 20.8833333; -89.75, just southwest of the state capital in Mérida, and is part of the Mérida metropolitan area. As of the census of 2005, the city of Umán had a population of 29,135 people,^[3] the seventh-largest community in the state in population. The municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat had a population of 53,268,^[3] living on an area of 234.3 km² (90.46 sq mi).^[1] Its largest other community outside of the part of the metropolitan area of Merida that lies in the municipality of Umán is the town of Itzincab.

Nearby cities

Cities nearby the municipal seat of Umán:

• Merida, Yucatan · 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast · 717,175 people
• Kanasin, Yucatan · 18 kilometres (11 mi) east-northeast · 40,027 people
• Progreso, Yucatan · 44 kilometres (27 mi) north · 47,124 people

Communities

The municipality is made up of 87 communities, the largest are listed below:

Community	Population[3]
Entire Municipality	53,268
Umán	29,135
Mérida	8,865
Itzincab	4,744
Bolón	1,271
Dzibikak	1,238
Yaxcopoil	1,102
Oxcum	1,049
Other	5,864

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Nuestros municipios - Umán". http://www.yucatan.gob.mx/estado/municipios/31101a.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-12. 
2. ^ "Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan". http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_yucatan. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Census Results by Locality, 2005 INEGI.