Hacienda Kancabchén (Motul)

Hacienda Kancabchén
Principal park at Hacienda Kancabchén (Motul)
Hacienda Kancabchén Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°03′48″N 89°14′08″W
Country	Mexico
Mexican States	Yucatán
Municipalities	Motul
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code	97440[1]
Area code	991[2]

Hacienda Kancabchén (also known as Kancabchén Rancho)^[3] 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 the Yucatán including Hacienda Kancabchén in Baca, Hacienda Kancabchén (Halachó), Hacienda Kancabchén (Homún), 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.^[4]

How to get there

Take highway 176 northeast out of Mérida approximately 33 km to Motul. From the center of Motul, take Calle 26 south to Calle 37 and head east. In approximately 5 blocks the street will veer to the south. Remain on Calle 37 heading towards Kopté for approximately 5 km. At the intersection, turn left and proceed 1 km to Kancabchén.^[5]

History

Main article: Haciendas of Yucatán

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.^[6] 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 360 inhabitants, of whom 181 were men and 179 were women.^[7]

Population of Kancabchén by year

Year	1900	1910	1921	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000	2005
Population	30	?	52	111	107	115	163	211	228	293	313	332	360

References

1. "Consulta Códigos Postales". Servicio Postal Mexicano. Correos de México. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
2. "Yucatan Mexico Telephone Area Codes". Travel Yucatan. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
3. "Del 21 al 24 de febrero habrá descacharrización en Motul". Al Interior del Estado (in Spanish). Mexico. February 19, 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "Hacienda Kancabchén". Haciendas en Yucatan. Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
5. "Kancabchén". PueblosAmerica (in Spanish). 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
6. 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.
7. "Principales resultados por localidad (ITER)". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (in Spanish). 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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.