Dzemul Municipality

Dzemul
Principal Church of Dzemul, Yucatán
Principal Church of Dzemul, Yucatán
Municipal location in Yucatán
Municipal location in Yucatán
Dzemul is located in Mexico
Dzemul
Dzemul
Location of the Municipality in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°12′37″N 89°18′32″W / 21.21028°N 89.30889°W / 21.21028; -89.30889
Country Mexico
State Yucatán
Government
 • Type 2012–2015[1]
 • Municipal PresidentDomingo Argimiro Ortega Graniel[2]
Area
 • Total
123.91 km2 (47.84 sq mi)
 [2]
Elevation10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2010[3])
 • Total
3,489
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
INEGI Code026
Major AirportMerida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
IATA CodeMID
ICAO CodeMMMD

Dzemul Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “ravaged mound” is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing 123.91 square kilometres (47.84 sq mi) of land and located roughly 47 kilometres (29 mi) northeast of the city of Mérida.[2] There is a large Mayan archaeological site called Xcambo, which is used as a place of worship as there is a chapel built above the Mayan remains.[4]

  1. ^ "Presidentes Municipales" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: PRI yucatan. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Municipios de Yucatán »Dzemul" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Mexico In Figures: Dzemul, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference xcambo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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