| Official Name: | Chikindzonot |
| 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: | Catalino Chan Chuc[2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 352.56 |
| Population As Of: | 2010[3] |
| Population Total: | 4,162 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 20.3333°N -88.4864°W |
| Elevation M: | 33 |
| 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 |
Chikindzonot Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “cenote in the west”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (352.56 km2) of land and located roughly 170 km southeast of the city of Mérida.[2]
It is unknown which chieftainship the area was under prior to the arrival of the Spanish. After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system which lasted until the end of the colonial era. Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the Valladolid region.[2]
During the Caste War of Yucatán, the village was sacked by the rebel indigenous people and the 300 white inhabitants fled. Colonel Eulogio Rosado y Estevéz established a headquarters in 1848, 25 miles away in the town of Ichmul, to try to recover Chikindzonot. In 1849, Lt. Col. Pablo A. González y Osorio was able to retake the town, and thereafter it slowly repopulated.
It was designated as its own municipality in 1957.
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has seven councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of public security, public sanitation and monuments.[4]
The head of the municipality is Chikindzonot, Yucatán. The other populated areas of the municipality include Chan-Chimilá, Chan Santa María e Ichmul; Chaxán, Ichmul, San Cristóbal, San José, Xarco, X-Campana, X-Kancabdzonot, Xkanteíl, Xoax Dzonot, Xpoxil, Yokdzonot Carrillo, and Yokdzonot Viejo.[2] The significant populations are shown below:
| Community | Population |
|---|---|
| Entire Municipality (2010) | 4,162 |
| Chan-Chichimilá | 449 in 2005[5] |
| Chikindzonot | 2607 in 2005[6] |
| Ichmul | 893 in 2005[7] |
Every year from the 1 to the 18 February the town holds a traditional village festival and in October, a celebration for its patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi.