[2] The original location founded in this area was named Nohcacab and was inhabited during the Classic Maya period (600-1000 AD).

At the conquest an encomienda, that is a tribute-paying small community with an ethnically mixed population which included Spanish people, criollos, mestizos and mulattos, was established.

In 1865, with the arrival of approximately 300 German colonists, who settled there to form the Villa Carlota farming colony under the initiative of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, the village began rebuilding.

Besides the seat, the other populated areas of the municipality include Chac, Chetoliy, Chimay, Kabh, Ruinas de Uxmal, Sabac-há, Sacx-axal, Sankté, San Simón, Santa Ana, Uitz, and Yaxché.

[2] A number of archaeological sites including: Uxmal, Kabah, Nohpat, Xcoh and Mul chic[2] (Puuc Region).