| Official Name: | Abalá |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Municipality in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yucatán |
| Government Type: | 2012–2015[1] |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | Jose Candelario Ac Canche[2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 301.45 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 [3] [4] |
| Population Total: | 5,976 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 20.6467°N -89.6797°W |
| Elevation M: | 6 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 001 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Major Airport |
| Blank Info Sec2: | Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | IATA Code |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | MID |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | ICAO Code |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | MMMD |
Abalá Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “Place of the plum juice”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (301.45 km2) of land and located roughly 50 km south of the city of Mérida.
After the conquest, during the colonial period, the Municipality of Abalá was founded as an encomienda first for Francisco de Montejo the Younger in 1549 and then in 1607 for Juan de Montejo Maldonado. The right to press the natives into labor then passed in 1632 to Conde-Duque of San Lucas, in 1633 to the Countess of Olivares, in 1699 to Mariana de Guzmán Duchess of Medina Cidoña, and in 1727 to Doña Josefa Díaz Bolio who had control of 211 Indians.
In the modern era, the haciendas Maxal y Kambriche became part of the Muna Municipality on 18 April 1902.
On 20 January 1926, the cocoa farm and ranch Yaxcopoil are incorporated into the town of Umán but a decade later on 17 January 1936, the cocoa farm was restored to Abalá municipality.
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. Four aldermen—Secretary, public works, nomenclature, and ecology—also serve on the town council.[5]
The municipality is made up of 7 communities:
| Community | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Entire Municipality (2010) | 6,356[6] | |
| Abalá | 1797 in 2005[7] | |
| Cacao | 261 in 2005[8] | |
| Mucuyché | 454 in 2005[9] | |
| Peba | 275 in 2005[10] | |
| Sihunchén | 336 in 2005[11] | |
| Temozón | 716 in 2005[12] | |
| Uayalceh | 2122 in 2005[13] |
Every year from 10 to 17 May, Abalá holds a fiesta celebrating the Virgin Mary.