Umán

Map of Umán

Places to visit in Umán

Cities · 1 Villages · 15 Landmarks and museums · 1

Cities

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  Umán · City
  A busy city just south-west of Mérida on the road to Campeche, built around a tall 18th-century Franciscan church with a big dome.

Villages

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  Dzibikak · Village
  A village north-west of Umán whose henequen hacienda, rebuilt from ruins after 2005, now hosts weddings and concerts.
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  Hotzuc · Village
  A small village south-east of Umán whose henequen hacienda was built with carved stones taken from an ancient Maya site.
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  Hunxectamán · Village
  A small comisaría just north of Umán whose old hacienda, still private, shows a red arched gateway and an arcaded main house.
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  Oxcum · Village
  One of Umán's larger comisarías, a former henequen hacienda north-west of the city with a wide park and an old stone arch.
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  Sac Nicté · Village
  A hamlet west of Umán around the overgrown ruins of a henequen hacienda once owned by the Molina Solís brothers.
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  San Antonio Chun · Village
  A former hacienda village at the western edge of Umán, with a small church to St Anthony, an old well and the stone walls of the estate.
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  Tanil · Village
  A small village between Umán and Mérida built around an old hacienda, whose tall brick chimney and red walls still stand by the main road.
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  Tebec · Village
  A former hacienda village south-east of Umán, laid out around a big lawn with a long main house, a chapel and a church with bell gables.
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  Xtepén · Village
  A village 6 km south of Umán on the old Campeche road, with a privately restored 17th-century hacienda and a tradition of stone carving.
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  Bolón · Village
  One of the largest villages of Umán municipality, west of the city, with an old church with a stepped bell gable and Maya remains.
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  Oxholón · Village
  A village west of Umán where the crumbling walls, gate pillars and crenellated house of an old hacienda stand among trees.
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  Petecbiltún · Village
  A hamlet of former hacienda land south-east of Umán, near Hotzuc, that emptied out in the 20th century and has since been resettled.
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  Poxilá · Village
  A hacienda village south-west of Umán whose long red estate buildings line the road, near the larger village of Bolón.
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  Ticimul · Village
  A village between Umán and Mérida with a pink church with a bell gable and the old buildings and chimney of a henequen hacienda.
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  Xcucul Sur · Village
  A small former hacienda village east of Umán, with a simple church, a tidy main park and overgrown hacienda ruins.

Landmarks and museums

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  Hacienda Yaxcopoil · Landmark
  A henequen hacienda on the Mérida–Uxmal road kept as a museum, unrestored, with its Moorish double arch, machine house, 1913 diesel engine and Maya relics.

Neighbouring municipalities

Mérida · 66 Kanasín · 4 Abalá · 6 Conkal · 3 Maxcanú · 6 Homún · 5 Halachó · 5 Motul · 8

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