X-Hazil Sur is a town in the Mexican state of

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo ( , ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 mu ...

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, localized in state center, in the municipality of

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, 1 hour far from the capital of the state. The population was 1,422 inhabitants at the 2010 census. It is part of the common property land of X-Hazil Sur and aggregates, which is next to the natural reserve of

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and was founded in 1936 by a group of mayan towns coming from the Caste War of Yucatán.

The common property

The common property land or

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 ...

of X-Hazil includes the population nucleus of Chancah Veracruz and Uh-May. Nowadays inhabitants dedicate themselves to agricultural activities and trade of precious woods. Most of the common land owners do the traditional cornfield treatment of "roza-tumba y quema" (hollow/drop down/burn) The common property land owners and their families have free will of choosing the location of their crops. The only restriction is that it doesn't affect the zones included in the "Plan de cortas" and the reserve.Ejido X-Hazil, Quintana Roo, México
, Tropica Rural Latinoamericana, A. C.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Quintana Roo