| Official Name: | Teya |
| 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: | Ramón Estrella Sanchez[2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 65.15 |
| Population As Of: | 2010[3] |
| Population Total: | 1,977 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 21.0489°N -89.0733°W |
| Elevation M: | 9 |
| 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 |
Teya Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “place of sapodilla”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (65.15 km2) of land and located roughly 65 km northeast of the city of Mérida.[2]
Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area belonged to the chieftainship of Ah Kin Chel. After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system. The encomienda was established in 1565 for Alonso de Castro. By 1678, the encomendero was Anastasio Chacón de Azcorran and in 1690, the encomendera passed to María Barbosa e Ignacia Salazar.[2]
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the Izamal Municipality. By April 1921 it was designated as its own municipality.[4]
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of health, public services and public sanitation.[5]
The head of the municipality is Teya, Yucatán. The other populated areas of the municipality include Moni, El Paraje Carlos, Sánchez, and the Hacienda Santa Clara. The significant populations are shown below:[2]
| Community | Population |
|---|---|
| Entire Municipality (2010) | 1,977 |
| Teya | 1966 in 2005[6] |
Every year at the end of April there is a feast in honor of the town's patron saint, St. Barnabas, and on 11 June the town holds a fiesta for San Bernardino.