Hacienda Citincabchén Explained

Hacienda Citincabchén
Settlement Type:Private Property / Tourist destination
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Coordinates:20.5178°N -89.535°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Mexico
Subdivision Type1:Mexican States
Subdivision Name1:Yucatán
Subdivision Type2:Municipalities
Subdivision Name2:Municipality of Chapab
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:−6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:−5
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:97857[1]
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:997[2]

Hacienda Citincabchén is located in the Chapab Municipality in the state of Yucatán in southeastern Mexico. It is one of the properties that arose during the nineteenth century henequen boom.

Toponymy

The name (Citincabchén) is a word from the Mayan language meaning "I only like honey".[3] In 1910 the name changed from Citincabchén to Cituncabchén and then in 1921 to Citilcalchén, before changing to Citincabchén in 1930.

How to get there

The puebla, and hacienda are located halfway between Muna and Tekit approximately 68 km south of Mérida, Yucatán.

History

See main article: Haciendas of Yucatán.

There was a henequen hacienda at the site which was part of a labor dispute heard in the 1916 Tribunals of the Revolution hearings under Governor Salvador Alvarado.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2005 census conducted by the INEGI, the population of the city was 817 inhabitants of whom were 423 men and 394 were women.[5]

Population of Citincabchén by year
Year1900191019211930194019501960197019801990199520002005
Population383387343386344390459535566732744743817

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Consulta Códigos Postales. Servicio Postal Mexicano. Correos de México. 29 April 2015. 28 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728045723/http://www.sepomex.gob.mx/ServiciosLinea/Paginas/ccpostales.aspx. dead.
  2. Web site: Yucatan Mexico Telephone Area Codes. Travel Yucatan. Travel Yucatan. 29 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Citincabchén. Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán. Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán. 8 May 2015. Mérida, Mexico. Spanish.
  4. Book: Blouin Jr.. Francis X. (editor). Rosenberg. William G. (editor). Archives, Documentation, and Institutions of Social Memory: Essays from the Sawyer Seminar. 2005. University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor. 978-0-472-11493-1. 311–312. 1st pbk.. 8 May 2015.
  5. Web site: Principales resultados por localidad (ITER). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 30 April 2015. Spanish. 2010.