Umán

For other uses, see Uman (disambiguation).
Umán
City
Principal Church of Umán, Yucatán
Principal Church of Umán, Yucatán
Umán is located in Yucatán (state)
Umán
Umán
Location of Umán
Umán is located in Mexico
Umán
Umán
Umán (Mexico)
Coordinates: 20°53′N 89°45′W / 20.883°N 89.750°W / 20.883; -89.750
Country Mexico
State Yucatán
MunicipalityUmán Municipality
Municipality Est1921
 [1]
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
56,049
 • Demonym
Umanense
 [2]
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
Postal Code
97390
Area code988
INEGI Code101
Major AirportMerida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA CodeMID
ICAO CodeMMMD
Municipalities of Yucatán

Umán is a city in the Mexican state of Yucatán and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Together with Kanasín, it is part of the Mérida metropolitan area. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 56,409 inhabitants, making it the 4th most populous city in the state behind Valladolid, Kanasín, and Mérida.

Topynym

The word "Umán" means “purchase” in the Yucatec Maya language and it also means "your path" or "your walk".[3]

History

There is no accurate data on when Umán was founded, though it existed before the conquest and in antiquity belonged to the chieftainship of Ah Canul.[1] At colonization, it became part of the encomienda system with Francisco Hernández recorded as one of the earliest encomenderos.[4]

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the Lower Camino Real with its headquarters in Hunucmá Municipality. In 1921, Umán was designated as seat of its own municipality.[1]

Governance

Umán is the seat of its eponymous municipality in which its municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has nine councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of heritage and sports, policing, education and health, public works, running water, rural development and social management, roads and markets, nomenclature and recruiting, ecology, public monuments.[5]

Demographics

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Local festivals

Every year from 13 to 15 September, Umán holds a celebration for the Christ of Love.[1]

Tourist attractions

  • The ex-convent and Church of St. Francis of Assisi, built in the eighteenth century
  • Archaeological sites at Bolon, Hotzuc, and Kizil
  • Hacienda Xtepén
  • Hacienda Yaxcopoil

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Municipios de Yucatán »Umán" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ^ Flor Estrella Santana (5 February 2021). "Yucatán tiene solo 14 ciudades, una más que en 2010". Diario de Yucatán. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Toponymy of Umán". SEFOET. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ de la Serna, Juan Manuel, ed. (1998). Iglesia y sociedad en América Latina colonial: interpretaciones y proposiciones (in Spanish) (1 ed.). México, D.F.: Univ. Autónoma de México. p. 131. ISBN 978-9-683-64828-0.
  5. ^ "Umán". inafed (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

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