Tepakán
Also known as Tepakan Municipality
Tepakán (in the Yucatec Maya language, “place where pakán fruit [similar to tuna] is found”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. Containing of land, it is roughly east of the city of Mérida.
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Tepakán (in the Yucatec Maya language, “place where pakán fruit [similar to tuna] is found”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. Containing of land, it is roughly east of the city of Mérida.
==History== During pre-Hispanic times, the area was part of the chieftainship of Ah-Kin-Chel. After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system with Cristóbal Sánchez as the encomendero in 1581. Subsequent holders of the trusteeship Esteban Tello Aguilar in 1700, Ana de Varreda Villegas in 1705, Antonia Pacheco and Juan Nepomuceno Calderón.
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