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The henequen grown in the Yucatan was used around the world for rope and twine, and became known as sisal rope, named after the seaside town of Sisal, from where the rope was shipped. Today Sisal is a sleepy fishing village, being rediscovered by locals and visitors as a beach location for vacation homes.
A distressing statistic of how this affects the indigenous communities can be noted, "In Yucatan only 8.9 % of the Mayans have achieved junior high and solely the 6.6% have studied beyond that point. The 83.4% of the Mayans 15 years old and older dropped out of school before finishing junior high." [42]
The proper derivation of the word Yucatán is widely debated. 17th-century Franciscan historian Diego López de Cogolludo offers two theories in particular. [8] In the first one, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, having first arrived to the peninsula in 1517, inquired the name of a certain settlement and the response in Yucatec Mayan was "I don't understand", which sounded like yucatán to the ...
Helene's core avoids Yucatan and may get stronger, scientist says ... Leon County, home to Tallahassee, ordered the evacuation of residents from mobile and manufactured homes because of the threat ...
Dzemul Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “ravaged mound” is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing 123.91 square kilometres (47.84 sq mi) of land and located roughly 47 kilometres (29 mi) northeast of the city of Mérida. [2]
Tekantó Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “Place where there is yellow flint”) [2] is a small (47.25 km²) [1] municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán.The municipality was formed in 1900 [1] and its municipal seat is the homonymous locality of Tekantó, at the end of highway 80, 54 km east of Merida.
Tulum (Spanish pronunciation:, Yucatec Maya: Tulu'um) is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. [1]
2. El Yucateco Hot Sauce. $2 from Walmart Shop Now. Heat rating: 6 out of 10 Best for: Anything Mexican El Yucateco is a habanero-based sauce from a Mexican brand on the Yucatan peninsula where ...