| Official Name: | Buctzotz |
| 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: | Manuel Jesús Argaez Cepeda[2] |
| Established Title: | Mexico Ind. |
| Established Date: | 1821 |
| Established Title2: | Yucatán Est. |
| Established Date2: | 1824 |
| Area Total Km2: | 543.45 |
| Population As Of: | 2010[3] |
| Population Total: | 8,637 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
| Population Blank1: | Umanense |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 21.2017°N -88.7928°W |
| Elevation M: | 7 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 006 |
| 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 |
| Footnotes: | Municipalities of Yucatán |
Buctzotz Municipality (Yucatec Maya: "dress made of hair") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (543.45 km2) of land and is located roughly northeast of the city of Mérida.[2] It contains several churches and a hospital, Centre de Salud Buctzotz, in the eastern part of the main town.
There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but during the conquest, it became part of the encomienda system and Francisco de Montejo the Younger was the first encomendero.[4]
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821, and in 1825 the area was assigned to the coastal region partition of Izamal Municipality. In 1867 it was transferred to the Temax Municipality and in 1988 was confirmed as head of its own municipality.[5]
In 1913, Buctzotz was the site of a battle of the revolutionary forces under the command of the General Juan Campos.
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has seven councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of public works, public services, ecology, parks, public sanitation, nomenclature and cemeteries.[6]
The head of the municipality is Buctzotz, Yucatán. There are 18 populated areas of the municipality[6] which include Chuntzalam, Dzonot Sábila, Gran Lucha, Grano de Oro, Muldzonot, San Francisco, Santo Domingo, Unidad Juárez, and X-bec. The significant populations are shown below:[2]
| Community | Population |
|---|---|
| Entire Municipality (2010) | 8,637 |
| Buctzotz | 7229 in 2005[7] |
| La Gran Lucha | 211 in 2005[8] |
| San Francisco | 136 in 2005[9] |
| Santo Domingo | 194 in 2005[10] |
| X-bec | 515 in 2005[11] |
Every year from 8 to 11 January the town celebrates a festival in honor of the town patroness, the Immaculate Conception and hosts a pilgrimage in her honor between 22 and 30 August. There is also a fiesta held for Santa Clara from 13 to 25 August held annually.[2]