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  2. Yucatán Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The proper derivation of the word Yucatán is widely debated. 17th-century Franciscan historian Diego López de Cogolludo offers two theories in particular. [8] In the first one, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, having first arrived to the peninsula in 1517, inquired the name of a certain settlement and the response in Yucatec Mayan was "I don't understand", which sounded like yucatán to the ...

  3. List of Maya sites - Wikipedia

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    Tulum is a Late Postclassic site situated on cliffs overlooking the Caribbean Sea and was probably occupied at the time of the Spanish Conquest. It is a small site with architecture in a style similar to that at the bigger cities of Chichen Itza and Mayapan. The site was probably founded to expand the coastal trade routes of the Yucatán Peninsula.

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  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The biosphere reserve covers around 120 km (75 mi) of the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, protecting both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The area is rich in biodiversity, with habitats such as mangroves, tropical forests, marshes, and sea with a coral reef. It is home to the jaguar, cougar, Baird's tapir, and West Indian manatee.

  6. Mérida, Yucatán - Wikipedia

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    The city is home to important national and local research institutes, like the Yucatan Scientific Research Center (Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, CICY) of the National Council of Science and Technology (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Conacyt), a unit of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National ...

  7. Maya Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Maya Forest is a tropical moist broadleaf forest that covers much of the Yucatan Peninsula, thereby encompassing Belize, northern Guatemala, and southeastern Mexico.It is deemed the second largest tropical rainforest in the Americas, after the Amazon, with an area of circa 15 million hectares (150,000 km 2), of which at least 3 million (30,000 km 2) lie within protected areas.

  8. Riviera Maya - Wikipedia

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    The Riviera Maya is completely within the state of Quintana Roo on the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The terrain is flat and covered by low tropical jungle. The geology is high purity carbonates down to a depth of 0.5–1.5 km below the surface.

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    5. Bounce House Family Entertainment Center. Bounce House Family Entertainment Center may be geared toward kids, but the whole family can get in on the fun. Aside from the massive bounce houses ...