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Hacienda San Diego Cutz

hacienda and private event venue in Merida Municipality, Yucatán

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Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 8, 2025
Entity authorityQ113114826 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hacienda San Diego Cutz is a private event venue in the Conkal Municipality in Yucatán, Mexico.

Toponym

The name (San Diego Cutz) refers to Didacus of Alcalá and Cutz means Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in the Mayan language.

Historical importance

It had its splendor during the time of the henequen boom and issued hacienda tokens which, due to their design, are of interest to numismatists. These records certify the farm as property of J. Ancona and sons in 1874.

Historical facts

In 1995 it changes its name from San José Kuché to San Diego Cutz, to distinguish it from the hacienda of similar name in Mérida Municipality.

In popular culture

This hacienda is best known for her role in the Televisa telenovela Abismo de pasión. where is the official residence of the Arango family and where Damían Arango (David Zepeda) and Alfonsina Mondragón (Blanca Guerra) live.

Demographics

According to the 2005 INEGI census, the population of the town was 0 inhabitants.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Hacienda San Diego Cutz” as hacienda and private event venue in Merida Municipality, Yucatán. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hacienda, Diego and Cutz.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1874, 1995, 2005—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hacienda, Diego and Cutz providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Hacienda San Diego Cutz”, the useful work is to connect “hacienda and private event venue in Merida Municipality, Yucatán” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 8, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q113114826. Authority coordinates are 21.096, -89.545. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1874, 1995 and 2005.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Hacienda San Diego Cutz” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.