Official Name: | Bokobá |
Settlement Type: | Locality |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico Yucatán#Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bokobá |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Yucatán |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Bokobá Municipality |
Population As Of: | 2010[1] |
Population Total: | 2,052 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 21.0064°N -89.1794°W |
Elevation M: | 9 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 009 |
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 |
Bokobá is a locality and the municipal seat of its homonymous municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is located approximately southeast of the state capital Mérida, and southeast of Motul de Carrillo Puerto.
Bokobá is a term in the Yucatec Maya language, which means "splashing water".
Prior to the conquest, Bokobá was located within the provinces of Ceh Pech, and after the conquest and became part of the encomienda system. In 1700, the encomendero was Esteban Pérez Montiel, who was responsible for 481 native inhabitants.
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the coastal region with its headquarters in Izamal. In 1900, it was withdrawn and became head of the municipality which bears its name.[2]
Every year on 15 August a festival is held in honor of Our Lady of the Assumption.