Cantamayec (In the Yucatec Maya language: Zuelania guidonia:[4] "four tamay[2] trees") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (502.02 km2) of land and located roughly 110 km southeast of the city of Mérida.

[2] There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, though it existed before the conquest.

[2] At colonization, Cantamayec became part of the encomienda system with the first recorded encomendero being Gonzalo Méndez in 1549.

[5] Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821, and in 1825 the area was assigned to the lower partition of Sotuta Municipality.

The significant populations are shown below:[2] Every year from 25 to 28 March the traditional town feast is celebrated.