Hunucmá

Hunucmá lay within the Maya territory of Ah Canul in northwestern Yucatán. Its lands reached towards the Gulf coast, where the port of Sisal connected the interior with maritime routes. After Spanish conquest Hunucmá entered the encomienda system; one holder was Beatriz de Montejo in 1571. Sisal later served as an outlet for Mérida’s trade with Havana, giving the coastal district a place in the colonial Caribbean economy.