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Espita, Yucatán
Espita is a town in Espita Municipality, Yucatan ( Mexico) located on the ''Litoral Oriente'' (East Coast) or Region I of Yucatan. It has an average height of 27 meters and is located at a distance of 165 km from the Merida City, 80 km from Izamal, 58 km from Chichen Itza, 49 km from Valladolid, 35 km from Ek' Balam and 27 km from Tizimín. During pre-Hispanic times, the site where the town stands today was part of the province of the cupules, where later, with the arrival of the Spanish, was founded the present town and established the encomienda system in 1549. Since colonization vast buildings were built, among which stands the church dedicated to St. Joseph. In the nineteenth century, the town housed some of the most important maize haciendas in the state, due to its booming economy and the impulse to culture, Espita was considered one of the cultural centers of the Yucatan, and he was known by the nickname of "The Athens of Yucatan". Towards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yucatec Maya Language
Yucatec Maya (; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as , is one of the 32 Mayan languages of the Mayan language family. Yucatec Maya is spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic community of Yucatec Maya speakers in San Francisco, though most Mayan Americans are speakers of other Mayan languages from Guatemala and Chiapas. Etymology According to the Hocabá dictionary, compiled by American anthropologist Victoria Bricker, there is a variant name , literally "flat speech"). A popular, yet false, alternative etymology of Mayab is "ma ya'ab" or "not many," "the few" which derives from New Age spiritualist interpretations of the Maya. The use of "Mayab" as the name of the language seems to be unique to the town of Hocabá, as indicated by the Hocabá dictionary and is not employed elsewhere in the region or in Mexico, by either Spanish or Maya speakers. As used in Hocabá, "Mayab" is not the recognized name of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nacuché
Nacuche is a village in Espita Municipality, Yucatan ( Mexico) located on the ''Litoral Oriente'' (East Coast) or Region I of Yucatan. It has an average height of 29 meters. The population was 1,130 at the 2005 census made by the INEGI. Geography Nacuche is located at (20.922778, -88.295833). According to the census data by the INEGI, the village has an average elevation of 29 meters above sea level. Climate The village has a climate of Aw1 ( Köppen), warm humid, mean annual temperature over 22 °C and coldest month temperature over 18 °C. Precipitation of driest month less than 60 mm rainfall in summer and winter rainfall rate of 10.2% of the annual total. Demographics As of the census of 2005 made by the INEGI, there were 1,130 people (7.83% of the municipality), of which 589 were men and 541 women. In the village were 240 households. Education See also * Espita Municipality Espita Municipality is one of the 106 subdivisions of the State of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calotmul
Calotmul is a town and the municipal seat of the Calotmul Municipality, Yucatán in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... As of 2010, the town has a population of 2,764. Demographics References Populated places in Yucatán Municipality seats in Yucatán {{México-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
