Hacienda Kankabchén (Tixkokob) Facts for Kids

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Entrance to Hacienda Kankabchén, Tixkokob, Yucatán
Hacienda Kankabchén Location in Mexico
Country	Mexico
Mexican States	Yucatán
Municipalities	Tixkokob
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code	97473
Area code	991

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.

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How to get there
History
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Demographics
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Toponymy

The name (Kancabchén) is a word from the Mayan language 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

Main page: 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. 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.