Chemax Municipality


Chemax Municipality is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing of land and located roughly 185 km east of the city of Mérida.

History

There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, though it existed before the conquest as part of the province of Cupules. At colonization, Chemax became part of the encomienda system with the first encomendero noted in 1549 as Juan López de Mena.
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and during the Caste War of Yucatán the city was abandoned but repopulated after federal troops regained possession of it. In 1865, the area was assigned to the partition of Valladolid Municipality. In 1918, it was designated as its own municipality.

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has nine councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of public works, public lighting, police commissaries, public security, public monuments, nomenclature, ecology, and public sanitation.

Communities

The head of the municipality is Chemax, Yucatán. There are 170 populated areas of the municipality with the most important locations being: Además, Catzim, Chemax, Chen, Cocoyol, Kuxeb, Lolbé, Mucel, Punta Laguna, San Juan, San Pedro, Santa Cruz, Santa Elena, Sisbichén, Uspibil, Xalaú, X-Can, X-mab, X-maben, Xochmil, X-tejas and Xuneb. The significant populations are shown below:
CommunityPopulation
Entire Municipality 33,490
Chechmil478 in 2005
Chemax12764 in 2005
Chulután466 in 2005
Cocoyol522 in 2005
Kuxeb642 in 2005
Mucel900 in 2005
Sisbichen1566 in 2005
Uspibil764 in 2005
Xalau1813 in 2005
X-Can4653 in 2005
X-Catzin1757 in 2005

Local festivals

Considered a tropical savanna climate typically with a pronounced dry season. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is Aw.