Coba

Cobá is a large ruined city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the state of , Mexico. It is about 90 km east of the Maya site of , about 40 km west of the Caribbean Sea, and 44 km northwest of the site of , with which it is connected by a modern road.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archeological site of Pre-Columbian Maya
  • Also known as: “Каба (горад мая)” and “Коба (майя)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Coba Lake and Lake Macanxoc.

The or Lake Coba is an almost circular lake…

Coba

Latitude
20.4886° or 20° 29′ 19″ north
Longitude
-87.7262° or 87° 43′ 34″ west
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
76GJF7QF+CG
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Coba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوبا”
  • Belarusian: “Каба”
  • Catalan: “Cobá”
  • Chinese: “科巴”
  • Dutch: “Cobá”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبا”
  • Esperanto: “Coba”
  • French: “Cobá”
  • Georgian: “კობა (ქალაქი)”
  • Georgian: “კობა”
  • German: “Cobá”
  • Hebrew: “קובה”
  • Hungarian: “Cobá”
  • Indonesian: “Coba”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Koba”
  • Italian: “Cobá”
  • Japanese: “コバー”
  • Korean: “코바”
  • Lithuanian: “Koba”
  • Macedonian: “Коба”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cobá”
  • Norwegian: “Cobá”
  • Polish: “Coba”
  • Polish: “Cobá”
  • Portuguese: “Cobá”
  • Russian: “Коба”
  • Serbian: “Коба”
  • Spanish: “Cobá”
  • Spanish: “Zona Arqueológica Cobá”
  • Swedish: “Coba”
  • Tajik: “Кубо (мойё)”
  • Tajik: “Кубо”
  • Ukrainian: “Коба”
  • “Cobá”

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Places to explore: Cobá and Yoc-Nicté.

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