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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.
Quintana Roo, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo, [c] is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 municipalities , and its capital city is Chetumal .
The beach which is part of the northern Yucatan peninsula faces northerly winds in the winter; as such the beachfront is mostly covered with white sand. Population is quite friendly. A new marina/yacht club is now under construction in Telchac Puerto. The development will include a first-class marina, commercial and residential properties.
The Lerdo Law (known in Spanish as Ley Lerdo) empowered the Mexican state to force the sale of corporately held property, specifically those of the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico and the lands held by indigenous communities. The Lerdo Law did not directly expropriate ecclesiastical property or peasant communities but were to be sold to those ...
A mural on the community center in Yaxcabá depicting a Mayan family and milpa. Yaxcabá (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝaʃkaˈβa]; from Yucatec Maya for 'place of green earth') is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (1079 km 2) of land and located roughly 80 km northeast of the city of Mérida.
The Cámara Houses (In Spanish: Las Casas Cámara, “Las Casas Gemelas” [1]), also known as the Twin Houses (In Spanish: Las Casas Gemelas), are two historic town houses at 495 Paseo de Montejo in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
Haciendas of Yucatán were agricultural organizations that emerged primarily in the 18th century. They had a late onset in Yucatán compared with the rest of Mexico because of geographical, ecological and economical reasons, particularly the poor quality of the soil and lack of water to irrigate farms.
Hacienda San Ignacio Tesip is located in the Mérida Municipality in the state of Yucatán in southeastern Mexico. It is one of the properties that arose during the nineteenth century henequen boom. It is part of the Cuxtal Ecological Reserve which was set aside in 1993 to protect both the man-made and natural history of the reserve area of ...