Hacienda
A ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or '' finca''), similar to a Roman '' latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchards ...
Kankabchén is located in the
Tixkokob Municipality in the state of
Yucatán
Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida.
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in southeastern Mexico. It is one of the properties that arose during the nineteenth century
henequen
''Agave fourcroydes'' or henequen is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southern Mexico and Guatemala. It is reportedly naturalized in Madeira, Italy, the Canary Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Cayman I ...
boom. There are numerous other properties of this name in the Yucatán including
Hacienda Kancabchén in Baca,
Hacienda Kancabchén (Halachó),
Hacienda Kancabchén (Homún),
Hacienda Kancabchén (Motul),
Hacienda Kankabchén (Seyé),
Hacienda Kancabchén (Tunkás),
Hacienda Kancabchén Ucí and
Hacienda Kancabchén de Valencia.
Toponymy
The name (Kancabchén) is a word from the
Mayan language
Mayan most commonly refers to:
* Maya peoples, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Mayan languages, language family spoken ...
meaning the well of the red ground.
How to get there
At the east side of Mérida, from the Periférico, take Calle 65 approximately 19 km to Tixkokob. Then go 5 km north on Calle 18 to Hacienda Kankabchén.
History
Architecture
As is evident from photographs, the architectural structures have decayed and no habitable buildings remain.
Demographics
All of the henequen plantations ceased to exist as autonomous communities with the agrarian land reform implemented by President
Lazaro Cardenas in 1937. His decree turned the haciendas into collective ''
ejido
An ''ejido'' (, from Latin ''exitum'') is an area of communal land used for agriculture in which community members have usufruct rights, which in Mexico is not held by the Mexican state. People awarded ejidos in the modern era farm them indiv ...
s'', leaving only 150 hectares to the former landowners for use as private property.
Figures before 1937 indicate populations living on the farm. After 1937, figures indicate those living in the community, as the remaining Hacienda Kankabchén houses only the owner's immediate family.
According to the 2005 census conducted by the
INEGI
The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI from its former name in ) is an autonomous agency of the Government of Mexico, Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Statistical and Geographical Information ...
, there is no permanent population residing in the area.
References
Bibliography
* Bracamonte, P and Solís, R., ''Los espacios de autonomía maya'', Ed. UADY, Mérida, 1997.
* Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán, "Los municipios de Yucatán", 1988.
* Kurjack, Edward y Silvia Garza, ''Atlas arqueológico del Estado de Yucatán'', Ed. INAH, 1980.
* Patch, Robert, ''La formación de las estancias y haciendas en Yucatán durante la colonia'', Ed. UADY, 1976.
* Peón Ancona, J. F., "Las antiguas haciendas de Yucatán", en ''Diario de Yucatán'', Mérida, 1971.
Photo gallery
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (02).JPG, View of the Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (03).JPG, View of the Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (04).JPG, View of the Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (05).JPG, View of the Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (06).JPG, View of the Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (07).JPG, View of the Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (08).JPG, View of the Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (09).JPG, Church at Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (10).JPG, Church at Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (11).JPG, Church at Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (12).JPG, Church at Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (13).JPG, Grounds of the Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (14).JPG, Mound at Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (15).JPG, Grounds of the Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (16).JPG, Henequen of Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (17).JPG, Henequen of Hacienda Kankabchén
Image:Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Yucatán (18).JPG, Road to the Hacienda Jesús María.
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Populated places in Yucatán
Haciendas of Yucatán