Tixcacalcupul Municipality


Tixcacalcupul Municipality is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing of land and is located roughly southeast of the city of Mérida.

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 Cupules. After colonization, the area became part of the encomienda system with various encomenderos, beginning with Francisco Manrique in 1549, passing to Juan de Cárdenas in 1579, Francisco Mallén in 1607 and later to Francisco Mallén de Rueda. In 1645 the encomenderos were Gaspar de Ayala Pacheco and Francisca Dorantes y Solís and in 1686 passed to Pedro Pardo de Lagos.
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825 the area was assigned to the Valladolid Municipality. During the Caste War of Yucatán, a battle occurred here in which almost all of the inhabitants were massacred by government troops. In 1918 the area became its own municipality.

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of public works, sports, education and health.

Communities

The head of the municipality is Tixcacalcupul, Yucatán. The municipality has 28 populated places besides the seat including Ekpedz, Mahas, Poop, San José and X-Tohbil. The significant populations are shown below:
CommunityPopulation
Entire Municipality 6,665
Ekpedz1235 in 2005
Mahas377 in 2005
Poop437 in 2005
San José466 in 2005
Tixcacalcupul3207 in 2005
X-Tohbil307 in 2005

Local festivals

Every year on 15 June the town celebrates the feast of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.

Tourist attractions