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  2. Land reform in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Hacienda de San Antonio Coapa and a train, by José María Velasco (1840—1912).. Before the 1910 Mexican Revolution, most land in post-independence Mexico was owned by wealthy Mexicans and foreigners, with small holders and indigenous communities possessing little productive land.

  3. Haciendas of Yucatán - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Territorial evolution of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    On November 24, 2009, the U.S. ceded 6 islands in the Rio Grande to Mexico, totaling 107.81 acres (0.4363 km 2). At the same time, Mexico ceded 3 islands and 2 cuts to the U.S., totaling 63.53 acres (0.2571 km 2). This transfer, which had been pending for 20 years, was the first application of Article III of the 1970 Boundary Treaty.

  5. Ejido - Wikipedia

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    Ejido in Cuauhtémoc. An ejido (Spanish pronunciation:, from Latin exitum) is an area of communal land used for agriculture in which community members have usufruct rights rather than ownership rights to land, which in Mexico is held by the Mexican state.

  6. Haciendas in the Valley of Ameca - Wikipedia

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    All located in central Jalisco, Mexico; many of the haciendas have grown into communities and are now partly damaged, in ruins, or have been remodeled. A total of 21 haciendas settled in the Valley of Ameca helped the local flourishment. 13 of these haciendas belong to the Ameca , 3 to San Martín de Hidalgo , 2 to Cocula , and 3 to Tala .

  7. Manga de Clavo - Wikipedia

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    The limb remained at his hacienda before it was transferred to the cemetery of Santa Paula in Mexico City, on the anniversary of the achievement of Mexican Independence, September 27, 1842. For Santa Anna this was a place of rest, pleasure and entertainment, suitable for intrigue and conspiracy, as well as refuge in adversity and defeat.

  8. Hacienda - Wikipedia

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    Hacienda Lealtad is a working coffee hacienda which used slave labor in the 19th century, located in Lares, Puerto Rico. [1]A hacienda (UK: / ˌ h æ s i ˈ ɛ n d ə / HASS-ee-EN-də or US: / ˌ h ɑː s i ˈ ɛ n d ə / HAH-see-EN-də; Spanish: or ) is an estate (or finca), similar to a Roman latifundium, in Spain and the former Spanish Empire.

  9. Francisco I. Madero - Wikipedia

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    Hacienda del Rosario in Parras, birthplace of President Madero Francisco Madero Hernández and Thomas Edison. Francisco Ignacio Madero González was born in 1873 into a large and extremely wealthy family in northeastern Mexico at the hacienda of El Rosario, in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila.