Hacienda An ''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 Tixkokob Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “Place of the poisonous snakes”) is one of the 106 subdivisions of the State of Yucatán in Mexico. Its municipal seat is located in the City of Tixkokob. The town of Tixkokob is famous wit ...

in the state of

Yucatán Yucatán (, also , , ; yua, Yúukatan ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán,; yua, link=no, Xóot' Noj Lu'umil Yúukatan. is one of the 31 states which comprise the political divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. I ...

in southeastern Mexico. It is one of the properties that arose during the nineteenth century

henequen Henequen (''Agave fourcroydes'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southern Mexico and Guatemala. It is reportedly naturalized in Italy, the Canary Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Cayman Islands and ...

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 Kancabchén (also known as Kancabchén Rancho) is located in the Motul Municipality in the state of Yucatán in southeastern Mexico. It is one of the properties that arose during the nineteenth century henequen boom. There are numerous oth ...

Hacienda Kankabchén (Seyé) Hacienda Kankabchén is located in the Seyé Municipality in the state of Yucatán in southeastern Mexico. It is one of the properties that arose during the nineteenth century henequen boom. There are numerous other properties of this name in the ...

, Hacienda Kancabchén (Tunkás),

Hacienda Kancabchén Ucí Hacienda Kancabchén Ucí is located in the Motul Municipality in the state of Yucatán in southeastern Mexico. It is one of the properties that arose during the nineteenth century henequen boom. There are numerous other properties of this name in ...

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 rather than ownership rights to land, which in Mexico is held by the Mexican state. People awarded ejidos in ...

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 by its name in es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Stat ...

, 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kankabchen Populated places in Yucatán Haciendas of Yucatán