| Official Name: | Chemax |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Municipality in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yucatán |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Chemax |
| Government Type: | 2012–2015[1] |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | Lucio Balam Herrera[2] |
| Established Title: | Mexico Ind. |
| Established Date: | 1821 |
| Established Title2: | Yucatán Est. |
| Established Date2: | 1824 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1098.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2010[3] |
| Population Total: | 33,490 |
| Population Demonym: | Chemaxeño |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 20.5833°N -87.55°W |
| Elevation M: | 26 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 019 |
Chemax Municipality (pronounced as /tʃeˈmaʃ/, in the Yucatec Maya Language: “monkey's tree”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing 1,098.6 km2 of land and located roughly 185 km east of the city of Mérida.[2]
There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, though it existed before the conquest as part of the province of Cupules. At colonization, Chemax became part of the encomienda system with the first encomendero noted in 1549 as Juan López de Mena.[2]
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and during the Caste War of Yucatán the city was abandoned but repopulated after federal troops regained possession of it.[2] In 1865, the area was assigned to the partition of Valladolid Municipality.[4] In 1918, it was designated as its own municipality.
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has nine councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of public works, public lighting, police commissaries, public security, public monuments, nomenclature, ecology, and public sanitation.[5]
The head of the municipality is Chemax, Yucatán. There are 170 populated areas of the municipality with the most important locations being: Además, Catzim, Chemax, Chen, Cocoyol, Kuxeb, Lolbé, Mucel, Punta Laguna, San Juan, San Pedro, Santa Cruz, Santa Elena, Sisbichén, Uspibil, Xalaú, X-Can, X-mab, X-maben, Xochmil, X-tejas and Xuneb. The significant populations are shown below:[2]
| Community | Population |
|---|---|
| Entire Municipality (2010) | 33,490 |
| Chechmil | 478 in 2005[6] |
| Chemax | 12764 in 2005[7] |
| Chulután | 466 in 2005[8] |
| Cocoyol | 522 in 2005[9] |
| Kuxeb | 642 in 2005[10] |
| Mucel | 900 in 2005[11] |
| Sisbichen | 1566 in 2005[12] |
| Uspibil | 764 in 2005[13] |
| Xalau | 1813 in 2005[14] |
| X-Can | 4653 in 2005[15] |
| X-Catzin | 1757 in 2005[16] |
Considered a tropical savanna climate typically with a pronounced dry season. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is Aw (Tropical Savanna Climate).[17]