| Official Name: | Chankom |
| 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: | Benjamín Cime Ek[2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 137.95 |
| Population As Of: | 2010[3] |
| Population Total: | 4,464 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 20.5681°N -88.5133°W |
| Elevation M: | 27 |
| 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 |
Chankom Municipality (in the Yucatec Maya language: “little ravine”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (137.95 km2) of land and located roughly 135 km southeast of the city of Mérida.[2]
Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area was populated as evidenced by archeological sites but no specific information is known of the inhabitants nor the encomienda system. The area was depopulated by the Caste War of Yucatán and the inhabitants did not return to the area until the 1890s.[2]
Chankom was established as a ranchería assigned to the Valladolid region in 1928. Seven years later, it was designated as its own municipality.
In 1931-1948 the anthropologists Robert and Margaret Park Redfield and stayed in the county seat of Chankom for extended periods (Villas taught there) and published Chan Kom, a Maya Village,[4] A Village that Chose Progress, Chan Kom Revisited,[5] and The Folk Culture of Yucatan.[6]
In 1986-2006 the anthropologist Alicia Re Cruz stayed in Chankom and published The two Milpas of Chan Kom: scenarios of a Maya village life[7] and a documentary, The Mayan dreams of Chan Kom: tourism, migration, and changing identities in the Yucatan.[8]
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of policing, public services and ecology.[9]
The head of the municipality is Chankom, Yucatán. There are 17 populated places in the municipality including Chuntabil, Maykab, Muchucuxca, Nictehá, Sacpasil, San Isidro, San Juan, Santa María Koochilá, Santa Rosa, Ticimul, Tomku, Tzukmuc, Xanla, Xbohon, Xcalakdzonot, X-Cocail, Xhuaymil, Xkatún, Xkopeteil, X-Pamba, Xtamech, Xtohil, Yacbchem, and Yochotún.[2] The significant populations are shown below:
| Community | Population |
|---|---|
| Entire Municipality (2010) | 4,464 |
| Chankom | 628 in 2005[10] |
| Muchucuxcáh | 314 in 2005[11] |
| Ticimul | 642 in 2005[12] |
| Tzukmuc | 212 in 2005[13] |
| Xanlá | 406 in 2005[14] |
| X-Bohom | 108 in 2005[15] |
| X-Cocail | 161 in 2005[16] |
| Xkalakdzonot | 770 in 2005[17] |
| Xkatún | 130 in 2005[18] |
| Xkopteil | 754 in 2005[19] |
Every year from the 9 to 13 November the town holds a celebration for its patron saint, San Diego.