Hacienda Kankabchén (Tixkokob)

Hacienda Kankabchén
Private residence

Entrance to Hacienda Kankabchén, Tixkokob, Yucatán
Hacienda Kankabchén

Location in Mexico

Hacienda Kankabchén

Location in Yucatán

Coordinates: 21°02′36″N 89°22′59″W / 21.04333°N 89.38306°W / 21.04333; -89.38306Coordinates: 21°02′36″N 89°22′59″W / 21.04333°N 89.38306°W / 21.04333; -89.38306
Country Mexico
Mexican States Yucatán
Municipalities Tixkokob
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC−5)
Postal code 97473[1]
Area code 991[2]

Hacienda Kankabchén is located in the Tixkokob 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 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 meaning the well of the red ground.[3]

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.[4]

History

Main article: Haciendas of Yucatán

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 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 Kankabchén houses only the owner's immediate family.

According to the 2005 census conducted by the INEGI, there is no permanent population residing in the area.[6]

Population of Kankabchén by year
Year 1900 1910 1921 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1995 2000 2005
Population 217 268 119 121 82 86 73 93 8 ? ? 0 0

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. ↑ "21°02′36"N, 89°22′59"W". LatLong. Get Latitude Longitude. Retrieved 3 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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