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Umán
City
Principal Church of Umán, Yucatán
Principal Church of Umán, Yucatán
Umán is located in Yucatán (state)
Umán
Umán
Location in Yucatán (state)
Umán is located in Mexico
Umán
Umán
Location in Mexico
Country Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
State Flag of Yucatan.svg Yucatán
Municipality Umán Municipality
Municipality Est 1921
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 56,049
 • Demonym
Umanense
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Postal Code
97390
Area code(s) 988
INEGI Code 101
Major Airport Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code MID
ICAO Code MMMD
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".

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. At colonization, it became part of the encomienda system with Francisco Hernández recorded as one of the earliest encomenderos.

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.

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, potable water, rural development and social management, roads and markets, nomenclature and recruiting, ecology, public monuments.

Demographics

Local festivals

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

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
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