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The Best Attractions In Yaxcopoil

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Hacienda Yaxcopoil is a town and hacienda located near Merida Mexico, in the Umán Municipality, Yucatán. Hacienda Yaxcopoil dates back to the 17th century, the name Yaxcopoil means the place of the green alamo trees in the Yucatec Maya language, one of which still stands in front of the hacienda. The Hacienda represents the history of three great periods in the Yucatán Peninsula: the pre-Columbian period , the Spanish colonial period, and the boom years of henequen cultivation during the late 19th and early 20th century. Hacienda Yaxcopoil was purchased by Don Donaciano García Rejón and his wife Doña Mónica Galera in 1864, and has been owned by ...
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  • 1. Hacienda Yaxcopoil Yaxcopoil
    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. Commonly the farms were initially used exclusively for cattle ranching, with a low density of labor, becoming over time maize-growing estates in the north and sugar plantations in the south, before finally becoming henequen estates. Haciendas henequeneras refers to estates in the Yucatán which were created during the 19th century when the henequen industry debuted. The hacienda henequenera required large staffing for the cultivation of the fields, as well as, the development and maintenance...
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  • 5. Izamal Ruins Izamal
    Izamal is a small city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, 72 km east of state capital Mérida, in southern Mexico. Izamal was continuously occupied throughout most of Mesoamerican chronology; in 2000, the city's estimated population was 15,000 people. Izamal is known in Yucatán as the Yellow City and the City of Hills .
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