Teya Municipality

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Teya
Municipality
Principal Church of Teya, Yucatán
Principal Church of Teya, Yucatán
Region 3 Centro #088
Region 3 Centro #088
Teya is located in Mexico
Teya
Teya
Location of the Municipality in Mexico
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Country Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
State Flag of Yucatan.svg Yucatán
Government
 • Type PRI Party (Mexico).svg 2012–2015[1]
 • Municipal President Ramón Estrella Sanchez[2]
Area
 • Total 65.15 km2 (25.15 sq mi)
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Elevation[2] 9 m (30 ft)
Population (2010[3])
 • Total 1,977
Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)
INEGI Code 009
Major Airport Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code MID
ICAO Code MMMD
Website Official Website

Teya Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “place of sapodilla”) is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (65.15 km2) of land and located roughly 65 km northeast of the city of Mérida.[2]

History

Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area belonged to the chieftainship of Ah Kin Chel. After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system. The encomienda was established in 1565 for Alonso de Castro. By 1678, the encomendero was Anastasio Chacón de Azcorran and in 1690, the encomendera passed to María Barbosa e Ignacia Salazar.[2]

Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the Izamal Municipality.[2] By April 1921 it was designated as its own municipality.[4]

Governance

The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of health, public services and public sanitation.[5]

Communities

The head of the municipality is Teya, Yucatán. The other populated areas of the municipality include Moni, El Paraje Carlos, Sánchez, and the Hacienda Santa Clara. The significant populations are shown below:[2]

Community Population
Entire Municipality (2010) 1,977[3]
Teya 1966 in 2005[6]

Local festivals

Every year at the end of April there is a feast in honor of the town's patron saint, St. Barnabas, and on 11 June the town holds a fiesta for San Bernardino.[2]

Tourist attractions

  • Church of St. Barnabas, built in the colonial era.

References

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