| Official Name: | Dzidzantún |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Town in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yucatán |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Raúl Arcadio Torres Faisal (PRI) |
| Area Total Km2: | 198 |
| Population As Of: | 2020[1] |
| Population Note: | town[2] |
| Population Total: | 8345 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
| Population Blank1: | Dzidzantunence |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 21.2472°N -89.0417°W |
| Elevation M: | 10 |
| Area Code: | 991 |
| Postal Code: | 97500 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 027 |
| 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 |
| Website: | Official Website |
Dzidzantún is a town in Mexico in the northeastern Yucatan, which serves as the headquarters of the municipio or administrative unit of the Dzidzantún Municipality.
This town is in the coastal region known as the northern Gulf of Mexico. It falls within the parallel 21° 12' and 21° 23' latitude north and between 88° 57' and 89° 04' west longitude and has an average height of 4 meters.[3]
It is bounded on the north by the Gulf of Mexico, south to the cities of Temax and Cansahcab, east to the town of Dzilam Gonzalez and to the west of the town of Yobaín.
As of 2020, there were 8,345 people residing in the town. Of the total population, 50.5% (4,211) were male and 49.5% (4,134) were female. The largest age ranges were 15 to 19 years old (676 inhabitants; 8.1%), 45 to 49 years old (627 inhabitants; 7.5%), and 20 to 24 years old (621 inhabitants; 7.4%). In the town, 416 inhabitants (5.0%) speak indigenous languages with 414 inhabitants speaking Maya and 2 inhabitants speaking Mam.[4]
Before the Spanish conquest, the site where the town of Dzidzantún now stands was part of the lands under the chieftainship of Ah Kin Chel. After the area was conquered by the Spaniards, an encomienda was established in 1549, granting Hernán Muñoz Vaquiano use over the lands in the area in exchange for taking care of the indigenous people who lived here. Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the town was assigned to the Temax Municipality. In 1918, the Dzidzantún Municipality was created, with the town of Dzidzantún as the headquarters of the administration.[5]
Festivals observed in the town include:
During festivals, it is the custom for women to use simple Huipil, highlighting the embroidered square neck and cutting edge clothing. This is placed over the shaft, which is subject to a ripple bottom half at the waist with a girdle of the same fabric; fitted sandals and sun protection are covered with a shawl. Farmers, especially the elderly, are dressed in baggy trousers, blankets, raw abotonada front shirts, apron Cotia and straw hats.
For major events and Vaquerías women wear a Terno dress, made of fine fabrics, lace and embroidery generally made by hand in a cross stitch. This is supplemented with long gold chains, earrings, coral beads or watermark rebozo and Santa Maria.
The men wear white trousers made of straight cut Philippine fine cloth, hats, sandals and Jipijapa, as well as the traditional red scarf bandana popularly known as essential to the Jarana dance.