Tixkokob Municipality

Tixkokob
Municipality
Church of Tixkokob, Yucatán
Region 2 Noroeste #093
Tixkokob Region 2 Noroeste #093
Coordinates: 21°00′N 89°24′W / 21.000°N 89.400°W / 21.000; -89.400Coordinates: 21°00′N 89°24′W / 21.000°N 89.400°W / 21.000; -89.400
Country	Mexico
State	Yucatán
Mexico Ind.	1821
Yucatán Est.	1824
Municipality Est.	1923
Area
• Total	159.67 km2 (61.65 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	16,151
• Demonym	Tixkokobenses
Time zone	Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)
Postal Code	97470
Area code(s)	991
INEGI Code	093
Major Airport	Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA Code	MID
ICAO Code	MMMD
Website	Nuestros municipios - Tixkokob

Tixkokob Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “Place of the poisonous snakes”) is one of the 106 subdivisions of the State of Yucatán in Mexico. Its municipal seat is located in the City of Tixkokob. The town of Tixkokob is famous within the area for high quality hammock weaving. The municipality made up largely of working class communities.

Tixkokob is located in the center of the Yucatán henequen zone, about 24 miles east of the city of Merida, capital of the state. Tixkokob is about halfway along the road from Merida to Izamal.

In antiquity, it was part of the province of Ceh-Pech. Upon the conquest, it became part of the encomienda system. It is referenced in a document dated 1549, indicating 540 indigenous persons affiliated with the encomendero.

In 1821, Yucatán was declared independent of the Spanish Crown. In 1825 the area was part of the Coastal region, with its headquarters in Izamal. On 10 April 1843, 500 soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Pérez and General Peña y Barragán, defended the Mexican government against separatist Yucatecan forces in Tixkokob.

In July 1867, Tixkokob was designated as a Villa by the State Congress. In 1914, it was elevated to the rank of city, but a few months later demoted again. In 1923 the ejido system was put in place and Tixkokob became a free pueblo.

The municipal president is elected for a term of three years. The president appoints nine Councilpersons to serve on the board for three year terms, as the Secretary and councilors of culture, public image, public works, sports, ecology, cemeteries, parks and gardens, and nomenclature.

The municipality is made up of 17 different communities, of which the most important are:

Notable locals include the following:

Hernando Pech

Tixkokob chieftain who was accused of attending a Tehchamac human sacrifice, Tehchamac was located near the border of the province of Chepech Chacan.

Ah Kin Chablé

Tixkokob priest, who served as an informant to Adelantado Montejo. The Maya priest converted to Christianity and took the name of D. Lorenzo Chablé.