Playa del Carmen Ejido Marks 89 Years and Honors Its 54 Founders

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — Two days before the 89th anniversary of the Ejido Playa del Carmen, Cecilio Puc Sansores paid tribute to the 54 founders who secured legal recognition of the community’s land rights.

The agrarian community was established on Nov. 10, 1937, through a decree signed by then-President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río.

In a commemorative address, Puc Sansores said extracting chicle from the zapote tree was one of the main activities of the founding families. He recalled that members of the Quiam Ucán, Quiam Canul, Quiam Dzul, Puc Pat, Dzib Zavala, Dzul Tamay and Pech Estrella families took part in cutting the first trails used to map out the 22,680 hectares that formed the ejido.

Puc Sansores said the ejido is now home to more than 423 residents and remains a presence in the municipality’s economic and social life through assets including Colegio Mayaland, Hotel Vista Caribe, a sports field and a warehouse development.

On the current ejidal administration’s projects, he reported that a commercial plaza designed as a community gathering space has been built, and that the Joya Real real estate development has been revived in an effort to broaden the local housing supply.

He also recognized the work of past heads of the Ejidal Commissariat and urged families to keep the memory of the founders alive.

“Let us keep looking to the future, building in unity for the greatness of our ejido,” he concluded.