Cuncunul Municipality

Cuncunul Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “enchanted by others or vanity”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (315.52 km2) of land and located roughly 145 km east of the city of Mérida.

[6] In the eighteenth century, the encomenderos were: Fernando Maldonado, Francisco Vázquez Carrasco and Andrés de Vales in 1700; Javier del Valle, Juan de Vergara and Bernardo Marcos Bermejo in 1722; and Juan Calderón and Beatriz Montiel y Cosgaya in 1785.

[2] Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the Valladolid region and was under the Uayma Municipality.

The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of education, public lighting, and police stations.

[7][2] The significant populations are shown below: Every year on 24 June the town holds a celebration for its patron saint, San Juan Bautista.