Hacienda Kancabchén (Halachó)

Hacienda Kancabchén (Halachó)
Hacienda Kancabchén (Halachó)

Location in Mexico

Hacienda Kancabchén (Halachó)

Location in Yucatán

Coordinates: 20°31′32″N 90°08′15″W / 20.52556°N 90.13750°W / 20.52556; -90.13750Coordinates: 20°31′32″N 90°08′15″W / 20.52556°N 90.13750°W / 20.52556; -90.13750
Country Mexico
Mexican States Yucatán
Municipalities Halachó
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC−5)
Postal code 97836[1]
Area code 997[2]

Hacienda Kancabchén was a farm in the Halachó Municipality in the state of Yucatán, 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 Yucatán including Hacienda Kancabchén in Baca, Hacienda Kancabchén (Homún), Hacienda Kancabchén (Motul), Hacienda Kankabchén (Seyé), Hacienda Kankabchén (Tixkokob), Hacienda Kancabchén (Tunkás), Hacienda Kancabchén Ucí and Hacienda Kancabchén de Valencia.


Toponymy

The name (Kancabchén) is a word from the Mayan language meaning the well of the red ground.[3]

How to get there

Go 67.5 km southwest from the southern Periférico of Mérida on highway 180 to the town of Halachó. Enter the town on Calle 20 and at the intersection of Calle 20 and Calle 19 and turn right, heading west to Calle 26. Take Calle 26 northwest for approximately 8 km to Hacienda Kancabchén.[4]

History

Main article: Haciendas of Yucatán

In 1970 the name changed from Kancabchén to Kankabchén. In 1990, it changed back to the prior spelling.

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 ejidos, leaving only 150 hectares to the former landowners for use as private property.[5] Figures before 1937 indicate populations living on the farm. After 1937, figures indicate those living in the community, as the remaining Hacienda Kancabchén houses only the owner's immediate family.

According to the 2005 census conducted by the INEGI, the population of the city was 421 inhabitants, of whom 217 were men and 204 were women.[6]

Population of Kancabchén by year
Year 1900 1910 1921 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1995 2000 2005
Population 72 102 69 72 56 63 86 143 183 273 341 385 421

References

  1. "Consulta Códigos Postales". Servicio Postal Mexicano. Correos de México. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. "Yucatan Mexico Telephone Area Codes". Travel Yucatan. Travel Yucatan. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. "Hacienda Kancabchén". Haciendas en Yucatan. Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  4. "Kancabchén" (in Spanish). PueblosAmerica. 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. Joseph, Gilbert Michael (1988). Revolution from without : Yucatán, Mexico, and the United States, 1880-1924 (Pbk. ed.). Durham: Duke University Press. p. 292. ISBN 0-8223-0822-3. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  6. "Principales resultados por localidad (ITER)". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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