Mocochá Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing 57.48 square kilometres of land and located roughly 25 kil…Mocochá Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing 57.48 square kilometres of land and located roughly 25 kilometres northeast of the city of Mérida. During pre-Hispanic times, the town fell within the provinces under the chieftainship of Ceh Pech. After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system. In 1549 Francisco de Montejo the Younger was the encomendero and responsible for 1680 indigenous persons. In 1571 it had passed to Diego de Santillán.
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