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Chicanná — Wikipedia and Atlas

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Chicanná was a Maya city that was built during the Classic period (600 AD to 830 AD). The site was named after its most famous building, Structure II, which means "House of the Serpent Mouth" in Maya. In the Maya language chi means "mouth", can means "serpent" and ná means "house". The site is located two kilometers west of Becán in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve of the Mexican state of Campeche on the Yucatán Peninsula. It is one of 45 other ruin sites located within that area. Chicanná was inhabited from the late Preclassic period in the year 300 B.C. to the early Posclassic period in 1100...

Why it matters: Coordinates 18.5073°N -89.4861°W

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