Becán
Becán is a village in Calakmul, Campeche and has about 315 residents. Becán is situated nearby to the village Valentín Gómez Farías, as well as near Heriberto Jara Corona.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 315 residents
- Description: human settlement in Mexico
- Also known as: “Becan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Becan and Chicanná.
Becan
Photo: Aero85, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Becan is a large archaeological site in Campeche, Mexico featuring some well preserved pyramids. Becan was a Mayan site best known for its fortifications: a moat and a wall surround the core city center, with pyramids and temples clustered in a tight enclave with a strong core nucleus of unusually high structures.
Chicanná
Photo: Vargatamas, Public domain.
Chicanná was a Maya city that was built during the Classic period. The site was named after its most famous building, Structure II, which means "House of the Serpent Mouth" in Maya. Chicanná is situated 2½ km west of Becán.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xpujil.
Xpujil
Xpujil is a remote village in the state of Campeche, located at an important junction in the interior of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. It offers the only services on Mexico's Federal Route 186 in the interior of the Yucatán.
Becán
- Categories: locality of Mexico and locality
- Location: Calakmul, Campeche, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.51319° or 18° 30′ 48″ northLongitude
-89.46182° or 89° 27′ 43″ westPopulation
315Elevation
272 metres (892 feet)Open location code
76CGGG7Q+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 8098806009OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8868759Wikidata ID
Q20246106
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tatar—“Becán” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Becán”
- Chechen: “Бекан”
- Dutch: “Becán”
- Serbian: “Бекан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Becán, Calakmul”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Becán”
- Spanish: “Becán”
- Swedish: “Becán”
- Tatar: “Бекан (Калакмул)”
- Tatar: “Бекан”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Estrectura III and Boletería.
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