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STATE OF YUCATAN

TELCHAC PORT

NOMENCLATURE

Denomination

Telchac Port.

Toponymy

Water or necessary rain, to derive itself from the voices Tel, indispensable or necessary contraction of teel, and chac, contraction of chaac, rain or water.

HISTORY
Historical review

On the foundation of Telchac port, "long and extended Roots of mangle" there are no exact data; although it arises from the conquest, evolution is begun in 1821, when Yucatan is declared independent of Spanish Corona.

Chronology of Historical Facts

· 1825 Telchac Port step to be member of the party of the Coast with head in Izamal .
· 1843 Telchac was the place where colonel Peña and Barragán disembarked to overcome the resistance of the defenders of Logwood , every time the centralist forces had not been able to do it.
· 1927 Telchac Port, pertaining to the municipal jurisdiction of Telchac Town, of the Department of Motul , was elevated in free municipality.
· 1932 Every time both municipalities denominated Telchac, to avoid confusions Town names of and Port added themselves to their normative, staying one as Telchac Town and another one like Telchac Port. The 7 of July of that same year the point located in the north of the Coast, denominated "Miramar", happens to comprise of the municipality.

AVERAGE PHYSICIST

Location

Coastal North is located in the denominated region. It is included/understood between the parallels 21° 17' and 21° 21' and the meridians 89° 25' west longitude; it has a height average of a meter on the level of the sea and limits the north with the Gulf of Mexico , to the south with Dzemul and Telchac Town , to the east with Sinanché and the west with Ixil .

Extension

The municipality of Telchac Port occupies a surface of 173,73 Km2.

Orography

All the municipal surface is flat, with beaches or bars of tended, inundables slopes and saline lomerío in the North part and center; existing portions classified like barrier plain and rocky or cemented, complex floor in the South part.

Hydrography

In the municipal territory they do not exist current superficial of water. Nevertheless, there are underground currents that form well-known deposits like natural wells commonly. In some cases the ceilings of these collapse and form the watered down ones.

Climate

Ca'lido-semiseco with rains in summer, during that time the calls appear summer droughts. It has an annual average temperature of 25.7º C and an annual average precipitation of 30,0 millimeters. The prevailing winds come in direction the northwest and this.

Main Ecosystems

Flora

The territorial extension account with secondary vegetation in its greater extension; portions classified like low forest exist caducifolia, whose arboreal species can reach 15 meters more or, and are: Cedar, Ramon, ceiba, pochote and poppy.

Fauna

With respect to the fauna, in the coast it exists variety of fish, moluscos: squid, snail, calamary; and crustaceans lobster and jaiba. Also there are diverse classes of reptiles and birds, these last ones can classify themselves between terrestrial sailors and.

PROFILE SOCIODEMOGRÁFICO

Ethnic Groups

According to XII the General Census of Population and House 2000 conducted by the National Institute of Statistical Geography and Informa'tica (INEGI) the population of 5 years and more, hablante of indigenous language in the municipality promotes 252 people. Its indigenous language is the Mayan.

Demographic Evolution

According to XII the General Census of Population and House 2000 conducted by the INEGI , the total population of the municipality it is of 1.594 inhabitants, of who 825 are men and 769 are women. The total population of the municipality represents the 0,10 percent, in relation to the total population of the state.

Concept Total Men Women
Births 32 17 15
Deaths 9 7 2
Source: Secretary of Government, Direction of the Civil Registry.

Religion

To year 2000, according to the mentioned Census conducted by the INEGI, the population of 5 years and more, than is catholic promotes 1.077 inhabitants, whereas the noncatholic ones in the same rank of ages add 277 inhabitants.

SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE And OF COMMUNICATIONS

Education

Number of schools by educative level, to year 2000, according to the Statistical Yearbook of the State of Yucatan, published by the INEGI:

No. of Schools Educative Level
1 Prescolar
1 Primary
1 Secondary

Health

According to the Statistical Yearbook of the State of Yucatan, published by the INEGI, to year 2000 (IMSS) is counted on 1 medical unit of the Mexican Institute of Seguro Social and another unit taken care of by diverse institutions, these units are of first level.

House

According to XII the General Census of Population and House conducted by the INEGI , the municipality it counts to year 2000 with 410 houses.

Services Public

The covers of the services public, according to XII the General Census of Population and House 2000 conducted by the INEGI, are the following ones:

Service Cover (%)
Electrical Energy 96.19
Tubed Water 94.92
Drainage 77.66

Mass media

According to the Statistical Yearbook of the State of Yucatan, published by the INEGI, to year 2000 it is counted on a postal agency.

Routes of Communication

The highway network, according to the Statistical Yearbook of the State of Yucatan, published by the INEGI, to year 2000 has a length of 37,3 kms.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Economically Active population by Sector

In agreement with numbers to year 2000 presented/displayed by the INEGI , the economically active population of the municipality it promotes 596 people, of who 588 are occupied and it appears of the following way:

Sector Percentage
Primary(Agriculture, cattle ranch, hunt and fish) 41.16
Secondary(Mining, petroleum, manufacturing industry, construction and electricity) 15.99
Tertiary(Commerce, tourism and services) 42.18
Others 0.68

ATTRACTIVE CULTURAL And TOURIST

Historical Monuments

Architectonic

A chapel dedicated to San Juan de God exists that was constructed at the colonial time.

Archaeological

Xcambo and Misnay

Museums

The municipality counts on a Cultural Center for the relaxation of the young people and the rest of the population. In this Center artistic presentations of the settlers are made.

Celebrations, Dances and Traditions

Popular Celebrations

Of the 29 of September to the 4 of October the celebration in honor to San Francisco de Asi's is carried out.

Traditions and Customs

For the festividades of all the Saints and late faithfuls one gets used to placing an altar in the main place of the house; where the food is offered to the deceaseds that but they liked and the traditional Mucbil chicken, accompanied by cornflour drink of maize new, and chocolate beaten with water. In the regional celebrations the inhabitants dance the jaranas, doing competitions between the participants.

Typical Suits

By custom the women use simple Huipil, with embroiderings that emphasize the square cut of the neck and the edge of the dress, is placed on Fustán that is an average subject curly bottom to the waist with prebathtub of the same fabric; they wear sandals, and to protect itself of the sun they cover themselves with rebozo.

The farmers mainly the old ones dress comfortable trousers crude blanket, t-shirt buttoned to the front, mandil of cotí and straw hat. For vaquerías and main celebrations the women engalanan themselves with the Terno, made with fine fabrics, embroiders and embroidered cross facts generally by hand o'clock. This one complements long gold chains, earrings, rosary of chorale or filigree and overflow of Santa Maria.

The men dress white trousers Philippine straight fabric cut fine, (the rich ones take in this article gold set of buttons), canvas shoes and hats of jipijapa, without lacking the traditional red handkerchief, called popularly scarf, indispensable when dancing some jaranas.

Gastronomy

Foods

They are prepared with mass of maiz meat of pig, chicken and deer accompanied with sharp sauces with chili peppers Havanan and max. The main ones are: fríjol with pig, chaya with egg, stew of hen, stuffed cheese, salbutes, panuchos, pipian of deer, papadzules, longaniza, pibil cochinita, joroches, mucbil chickens, pimes and tamales.

Candies

The traditional candies that are elaborated are the one of yucca with honey, melada pumpkin, sweet potato with the Coco, cocoyol in syrup, mazapán of pumpkin nugget, melcocha, round maize loaves, tejocotes in syrup and candy of ciricote.

Drinks

The typical drinks of the municipality are xtabentun, balché, drunk of anise, pozole with the Coco, horchata, cornflour drink of new maize and refreshments of fruits of the region.

BIBLIOGRAFÍA

Consejo Nacional de Población y Vivienda, La Población de los Municipios de México 1950 - 1990. Ed. UNO Servicios Gráficos, México, Nov., 1994.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática, Censo General de Población y Vivienda 2000. México 2001.
Secretaría de Gobernación, Centro Nacional de Estudios Municipales, Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán, Los Municipios de Yucatán, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, México, D.F. 1988.
Secretaría de Gobernación, Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal. México 2002.

CRÉDITOS

H. Ayuntamiento de Telchac Puerto.