El Meco
El Meco, anciently known as Beel'maan, is an archaeological Maya site located on the Caribbean coast of northern Quintana Roo, Mexico, eight kilometers north of Cancún.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kirt Edblom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Maya site in the coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Also known as: “Beel’maan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cancún and Isla Mujeres.
Cancún
Photo: Lmbuga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cancún is a popular Caribbean tourist destination on the northeast tip of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, in Quintana Roo, which also is called the Mexican Caribbean.
Isla Mujeres
Isla Mujeres is an island in the Mexican Caribbean Sea, 13 km off of the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, near Cancún. Isla Mujeres has an enticing small-town vibe and is one of Mexico's designated Pueblos Mágicos.
El Meco
- Categories: Maya site in Mexico, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Benito Juárez Municipality, Quintana Roo, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
21.21144° or 21° 12′ 41″ northLongitude
-86.80394° or 86° 48′ 14″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
76HM656W+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 157448231OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“El Meco” goes by many names.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “El Meco”. Photo: Kirt Edblom, CC BY-SA 2.0.