| Official Name: | Umán |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico Yucatán#Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Umán |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yucatán |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Umán Municipality |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Established Title: | Municipality Est |
| Established Date: | 1921 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Note: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 56,049 |
| 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: | 20.8833°N -134°W |
| Elevation M: | 9 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Area Code: | 988 |
| Postal Code: | 97390 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 101 |
| 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 |
Umán is a city in the Mexican state of Yucatán and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Together with Kanasín, it is part of the Mérida metropolitan area. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 56,409 inhabitants, making it the 4th most populous city in the state behind Valladolid, Kanasín, and Mérida.
The word "Umán" means “purchase” in the Yucatec Maya language and it also means "your path" or "your walk".[2]
There is no accurate data on when Umán was founded, though it existed before the conquest and in antiquity belonged to the chieftainship of Ah Canul.[3] At colonization, it became part of the encomienda system with Francisco Hernández recorded as one of the earliest encomenderos.[4]
Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821 and in 1825, the area was assigned to the Lower Camino Real with its headquarters in Hunucmá Municipality. In 1921, Umán was designated as seat of its own municipality.
Umán is the seat of its eponymous municipality in which its municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has nine councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of heritage and sports, policing, education and health, public works, running water, rural development and social management, roads and markets, nomenclature and recruiting, ecology, public monuments.[5]
Every year from 13 to 15 September, Umán holds a celebration for the Christ of Love.[3]