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.- Type: Village with 315 residents
- Description: human settlement in Mexico
- Also known as: “Becan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Becan.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xpujil.
Xpujil
Becán
- Categories: locality of Mexico and locality
- Location: Calakmul, Campeche, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
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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”
- “Becán”
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Localities in the Area
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