Hacienda Kancabchén (Motul)

Hacienda Kancabchén (also known as Kancabchén Rancho) 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.

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.

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 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.