Earth and water. Approach to the agrarian distribution in San Salvador Hidalgo 1921-1938

Abstract

The fragmentation of haciendas and the agrarian distribution in a municipality of Valle del Mezquital, Hidalgo, Mexico is documented. The objective is to describe the processes for the creation of ejidos and to identify the surface and type of land that was affected. The information was obtained from the Diario Oficial de la Federación and the Padrón e Historial de Núcleos Agrarios, field trips were also made to find out the location of the affected farms. These data are part of an investigation into the possession of land and water by ancient Indian towns, haciendas, and ejidos settled in the souther part of the Actopan river basin. It is concluded that in San Salvador the petition for land began in 1921 and that two ranches and four haciendas were affected to grant 9,890.80 hectares to fourteen ejidos.