Maya Region

Maya Region
  • Maya Area
  • Maya Realm
Map showing the Maya Region of Mesoamerica, with major rivers, mountain ranges, and regions labelled, published 2015 by Simon Burchell.
The Maya Region / major rivers, mountain ranges, and regions labelled / 2015 map by S. Burchell
Maya Region is located in Mesoamerica
Maya Region
Maya Region
Location of the Maya Region in Mesoamerica
Coordinates: 17°N 90°W / 17°N 90°W / 17; -90
LocationBelize, Guatemala, western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, southeastern Mexico
Part ofMesoamerica
Area
 • Total125,000 sq mi (320,000 km2)a
Dimensions
 • Length540 mi (870 km)b
 • Width410 mi (660 km)b
Highest elevation13,845 ft (4,220 m)c
Subdivisions
a cf [note 1]

b cf [note 2]

c cf [note 3]

The Maya Region is cultural, first order subdivision of Mesoamerica, located in the eastern half of the latter. Though first settled by Palaeoindians by at least 10,000 BC, it is now most commonly characterised and recognised as the territory which encompassed the Maya civilisation in the pre-Columbian era.
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