| Official Name: | Kopomá |
| 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: | José Miguel Asencion Barboza Ek[2] |
| Established Title: | Mexico Ind. |
| Established Date: | 1821 |
| Established Title2: | Yucatán Est. |
| Established Date2: | 1824 |
| Area Total Km2: | 260.59 |
| Population As Of: | 2010[3] |
| Population Total: | 2,449 |
| 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: | 20.6478°N -89.8986°W |
| Elevation M: | 11 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 045 |
| 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 |
Kopomá Municipality (Yucatec Maya: "low or sunken water")[4] is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (260.59 km2) of land and is located roughly southwest of the city of Mérida.[2]
There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, but it was a settlement before the conquest and was located in the chieftainship of Ah Canul. After colonization, the area became part of the encomienda system with various encomenderos,[2] such as in 1638 Francisco de Castillo Alvarado, Violante de Aragón y Guzmán, and Luis Francisco de Guardiola. It passed to Angela Menéndez de Porres in 1680, in 1691 to Casimiro J. Osorio Menéndez de Avilés,[5] and to Josi Pordio in 1734.[2]
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825 the area was assigned to the Camino Real[2] under the Maxcanú Municipality. In 1935 the area became its own municipality.[2]
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of municipal heritage and urban planning; public works and public services; ecology and public security; and highway administration.[6]
The Municipal Council administers the business of the municipality. It is responsible for budgeting and expenditures and producing all required reports for all branches of the municipal administration. Annually it determines educational standards for schools.
The Police Commissioners ensure public order and safety. They are tasked with enforcing regulations, distributing materials and administering rulings of general compliance issued by the council.
The head of the municipality is Kopomá, Yucatán. The municipality has 3 other populated places including Concepción, San Bernardo and Santa Clara. The significant populations are shown below:[2]
| Community | Population |
|---|---|
| Entire Municipality (2010) | 2,449 |
| Kopomá | 1819 in 2005[7] |
| San Bernardo | 398 in 2005[8] |
Every year on 15 May the town celebrates the feast of its patron, San Isidro Labrador.[2]