Dzitás Municipality
[2] There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, though it existed before the conquest as part of the province of Cupules.[4] Yucatán declared its independence from the Spanish Crown in 1821, and in 1825 the area was assigned to the partition of Valladolid Municipality.[2] In 1931 the anthropologists Robert and Margaret Park Redfield stayed in the county seat of Dzitas for extended periods and published The Folk Culture of Yucatan,[5] and Disease and its treatment in Dzitas, Yucatan[6] The municipal president is elected for a three-year term.There are 10 populated areas of the municipality[7] with the most important being Dzitás, Dzitcacao, Santa Rosa, Xocempich and Yaxché.The significant populations are shown below:[2] Every year from 16 to 22 January is the Festival of Santa Inés, patron saint of the town.