Calakmul

Calakmul is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of , deep in the jungles of the greater Petén Basin region. It is 35 kilometres from the border.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site
  • Also known as: Zona Arqueológica Kalakmul

Calakmul

Latitude
18.10561° or 18° 6′ 20″ north
Longitude
-89.81033° or 89° 48′ 37″ west
Elevation
260 metres (853 feet)
Open location code
76CG454Q+6V
Geo­Names ID
3821351
Wiki­data ID
Q272771
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Calakmul” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Calakmul
  • Arabic: كالاكمول
  • Armenian: Կալակմուլ
  • Basque: Calakmul
  • Bavarian: Calakmul
  • Belarusian: Калакмуль
  • Bengali: কালকমুল
  • Breton: Calakmul
  • Catalan: Calakmul
  • Chinese: 卡拉克穆尔
  • Chinese: 卡拉克穆爾
  • Croatian: Calakmul
  • Czech: Calakmul
  • Dutch: Calakmul (Mayastad en Biosfeerreservaat)
  • Dutch: Calakmul
  • Egyptian Arabic: كالاكمول
  • Esperanto: Calakmul
  • Esperanto: Kalakmulo
  • Estonian: Calakmul
  • Finnish: Calakmul
  • French: Calakmul
  • Galician: Calakmul
  • Georgian: კალაკმული
  • German: Calakmul
  • Hebrew: קלקמול
  • Hungarian: Calakmul
  • Indonesian: Calakmul
  • Italian: Calakmul
  • Japanese: カラクムル
  • Japanese: カンペチェ州、カラクムールの古代マヤ都市
  • Japanese: カンペチェ州、カラクムルの古代マヤ都市
  • Korean: 칼라크물
  • Lithuanian: Calakmul
  • Lithuanian: Kalakmulis
  • Macedonian: Калакмул
  • Maltese: Calakmul
  • Mingrelian: კალაკმული
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Calakmul
  • Norwegian: Calakmul
  • Occitan (post 1500): Calakmul
  • Polish: Calakmul
  • Polish: Kalakmul
  • Portuguese: Antiga Cidade Maia de Calakmul
  • Portuguese: Calakmul
  • Quechua: Calakmul
  • Russian: Калакмуль
  • Serbo-Croatian: Calakmul
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kalakmul
  • Slovak: Calakmul
  • Slovenian: Calakmul
  • Spanish: Calakmul
  • Swedish: Calakmul
  • Tamil: கலக்முல்
  • Tatar: Калакмуль археологик аланы
  • Thai: กาลักมุล
  • Turkish: Calakmul
  • Ukrainian: Калакмул
  • Ukrainian: Калакмуль
  • Vietnamese: Thành phổ cổ của người Maya ở Calakmul
  • Waray (Philippines): Calakmul
  • Welsh: Calakmul
  • Calakmul
  • Kalak’mul

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