Copán

Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization in the of western , not far from the border with . It is one of the most important sites of the Maya civilization, which was not excavated until the 19th century.
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  • Type: Locality with 6,340 residents
  • Description: maya archaeological site in western Honduras
  • Also known as: Copan Ruinas

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cabañas and Santa Rita.

Town
is a municipality in the department of Copán. is situated 7 km east of Copán.

Town
is a municipality in the department of Copán. is situated 7 km northeast of Copán.

Copán

Latitude
14.83936° or 14° 50′ 22″ north
Longitude
-89.15583° or 89° 9′ 21″ west
Population
6,340
Elevation
612 metres (2,008 feet)
IATA airport code
RUY
United Nations Location Code
HN RUY
Open location code
766GRRQV+PM
Geo­Names ID
3613230
Wiki­data ID
Q214827
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Copán” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Copán
  • Arabic: كوبان
  • Armenian: Կոպան
  • Bashkir: Копан
  • Basque: Copán
  • Bavarian: Copan
  • Belarusian: Капан (горад мая)
  • Belarusian: Капан
  • Breton: Copan
  • Breton: Copán
  • Bulgarian: Копан
  • Catalan: Copán
  • Cebuano: Sitio Arqueológico Rastrojón
  • Chinese: 科潘
  • Croatian: Copan
  • Croatian: Copán
  • Czech: Copán
  • Danish: Copan
  • Danish: Copán
  • Dutch: Copan (Mayastad)
  • Dutch: Copán
  • Egyptian Arabic: كوبان
  • Esperanto: Copan
  • Esperanto: Copán
  • Finnish: Copan
  • Finnish: Copán
  • French: Copan
  • French: Copán
  • Galician: Copán
  • Georgian: კოპანი
  • German: Copán
  • Hebrew: קופאן
  • Hebrew: קופן
  • Hindi: कोपान
  • Hungarian: Copán
  • Indonesian: Copán
  • Italian: Copan
  • Italian: Copán
  • Italian: Copàn
  • Japanese: コパン
  • Japanese: コパンのマヤ遺跡
  • Japanese: コパン遺跡
  • Korean: 코판
  • Latvian: Kopana
  • Lithuanian: Kopanas
  • Macedonian: Копан
  • Maltese: Copan
  • Maltese: Copán
  • Nepali: कोपन
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Copán
  • Norwegian: Copán
  • Persian: کوپان
  • Polish: Copan
  • Polish: Copán
  • Portuguese: Copán
  • Portuguese: Sítio Maia de Copán
  • Russian: Копан
  • Serbo-Croatian: Copan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Copán
  • Slovak: Copán
  • Slovenian: Copán
  • Spanish: Copán Ruinas
  • Spanish: Copan
  • Spanish: Copán
  • Spanish: Oxwitik
  • Swedish: Copan
  • Swedish: Copán
  • Tatar: Копан
  • Thai: โกปัน
  • Tibetan: ཁའོ་ཕན།
  • Turkish: Copan
  • Turkish: Copán
  • Ukrainian: Копан
  • Vietnamese: Copán
  • Waray (Philippines): Copán (arkeolohikal nga lugar)
  • Waray (Philippines): Copán
  • Copán

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