Halacho

Halacho Municipality is one of the 106 municipalities inside the Mexican nation of Yucatan containing of land and placed roughly sixty eight km southwest of the town of Merida. The location belonged to the chieftainship of Ah-Canul the mid-15th century and after the conquest was precise as an encomienda to Gaspar Pacheco in 1549. In 1644 the encomedero of Halacho turned into Juan Quijada Rosado, however in 1659 it had been taken over by means of Cristobal de Contreras with the aid of virtue of his marriage to Francisca Dorantes Solis, who belonged to an influential circle of relatives.

In 1700, the encomendero was Jacinto de Almeida, but by using 1740 the Dona Ignacia del Castillo y Solis was in possession of the encomienda Halacho. With the fee for 168 Indians. It then surpassed to Don Pedro Cepeda y Lira. In 1821, Yucatan became d impartial of the Spanish Crown. In 1825 the vicinity became a part of the Camino Real Bajo, with its headquarters in Hunucma. By 1875, Halacho turned into improved to the category of a metropolis, but via 1921 it turned into reclassified as a village. Since 1910, the town of Halacho has contained two peoples, those who descend from Cepeda and those who descend from Cuch Holoch.