Umán
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The Municipality of Umán is one of the 106 municipalities
Municipalities of Yucatán
The Mexican state of Yucatán is made up of 106 municipios , organized into 9 administrative regions. Most of the names of the municipalities come from the Yucatec Maya language, which is still spoken by more of 30% of the population, according to INEGI ....

 in Yucatán
Yucatán
Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....

 state
States of Mexico
The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...

, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. Its municipal seat is located in the City of Umán.

Umán is located at
20°53′00"N 89°45′00"W, just southwest of the state capital in Mérida
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...

, and is part of the Mérida metropolitan area
Metropolitan areas of Mexico
Metropolitan areas in Mexico have been traditionally defined as the group of municipalities that heavily interact with each other, usually around a core city...

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As of the census of 2005, the city of Umán had a population of 29,135 people, the seventh-largest community in the state in population. The municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat had a population of 53,268, living on an area of 234.3 km² (90.46 sq mi). Its largest other community outside of the part of the metropolitan area of Merida that lies in the municipality of Umán is the town of Itzincab.

Nearby cities

Cities nearby the municipal seat of Umán:
  • Merida, Yucatan
    Mérida, Yucatán
    Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...

    15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast 717,175 people
  • Kanasin
    Kanasín
    Kanasín is one of the 106 municipalities located in the state of Yucatán in Mexico. It is in the west-central part of state and to the east of the municipality of Mérida, the state capital, and is a part of the Mérida metropolitan area....

    , Yucatan18 kilometres (11.2 mi) east-northeast 40,027 people
  • Progreso, Yucatan
    Progreso, Yucatán
    Progreso is a port city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, located on the Gulf of Mexico in the north-west of the state some 30 minutes north of state capital Mérida by highway. As of the Mexican census of 2005, Progreso had an official population of 35,519 inhabitants, the fifth-largest community...

    44 kilometres (27.3 mi) north 47,124 people

Communities

The municipality is made up of 87 communities, the largest are listed below:
Community Population
Entire Municipality 53,268
Umán 29,135
Mérida 8,865
Itzincab 4,744
Bolón 1,271
Dzibikak 1,238
Yaxcopoil
Yaxcopoil
Hacienda Yaxcopoil is a town and hacienda located near Merida Mexico, in the Municipality of Umán, Yucatán. Hacienda Yaxcopoil dates back to the 17th century, the name Yaxcopoil means "the place of the green alamo trees" in the Yucatec Maya language, one of which still stands in front of the...

1,102
Oxcum 1,049
Other 5,864
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