Maní Municipality 2.43

Maní Municipality is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing of land and is located roughly 90 km south of the city of Mérida.HistoryIn the pre-Hispanic period the area was part of the chieftainship of Tutul Xiu and it was a ceremonial center, where the annual festival to Kukulcan was held. At the conquest, Maní became part of the encomienda system with its lands assigned to the Spanish Crown, which was still the sole trustee in 1565.In 1562, Franciscan priest Diego de Landa ordered an Inquisition in Maní ending with a ceremony called the auto de fé, where the Maya were whipped and ceremonial objects and Maya codices were burned. Much of the heritage of the Maya was lost due to these actions.Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821, and in 1825 the area was assigned to the Tekax Municipality. In 1867 it passed to the Ticul Municipality and in 1931 became the head of its own municipality.GovernanceThe municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of public works, potable water and ecology.