Cuzamá Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing of land and located roughly 45 km southeast of the city of Mérida. It is unknown which chieftainship the area was under prior to the arrival of the Spanish. After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system. As early as 1607, the encomienda of Cuzamá was shared with the encomendero of Homún. In 1710, the encomenderos were Alfonso de Aranda y Aguayo and Pedro de Mézquita.
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