Chicanná
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.
Photo: Vargatamas, Public domain.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient Mayan town
- Also known as: “Chicanna”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Becan.
Becan
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.
Chicanná
- Categories: Maya site in Mexico, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Calakmul, Campeche, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.50694° or 18° 30′ 25″ north
Longitude
-89.48638° or 89° 29′ 11″ west
Elevation
286 metres (938 feet)
Open location code
76CGGG47+QC
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Chicanná” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Чикана”
- Chinese: “奇坎納”
- Chinese: “奇坎纳”
- Dutch: “Chicanná”
- French: “Chicanná”
- Georgian: “ჩიკანა”
- German: “Chicanná”
- Hungarian: “Chicaná”
- Hungarian: “Chicanná”
- Indonesian: “Chicanná”
- Italian: “Chicanná”
- Macedonian: “Чикана”
- Polish: “Chicanná”
- Russian: “Чиканна”
- Spanish: “Chicana”
- Spanish: “Chicaná”
- Spanish: “Chicanna”
- Spanish: “Chicanná”
- Ukrainian: “Чиканна”
- “Chicanná”
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Nearby Places
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