Maxcanú
Maxcanú is a small city in the western part of the state of Yucatán in southern Mexico. It is a town with colonial charm and a large Maya population. Several Mayan archaeological sites, large and small, are within easy day-trip distance from Maxcanu.
- Type: Town with 14,000 residents
- Description: municipal seat of Maxcanú, State of Yucatán, Mexico
- Also known as: “Maxcanu”
Maxcanú
- Categories: locality of Mexico and locality
- Location: Maxcanú Municipality, Yucatán, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
20.5845° or 20° 35′ 4″ north
Longitude
-90.0006° or 90° 0′ 2″ west
Population
14,000
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
76GFHXMX+RQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Maxcanú” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Maxcanú (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Maxcanú”
- Chechen: “Маскану (Маскану, Юкатан)”
- Chechen: “Маскану”
- Chinese: “马克斯卡努”
- Dutch: “Maxcanú”
- French: “Maxcanú”
- Portuguese: “Maxcanú”
- Russian: “Макскану”
- Russian: “Машкану”
- Scots: “Maxcanú”
- Serbian: “Маскану”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Maxcanú, Yucatán”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Maxcanú”
- Spanish: “Maxcanu”
- Spanish: “Maxcanú”
- Swedish: “Maxcanú”
- Tatar: “Маскану (Маскану, Юкатан)”
- Tatar: “Маскану”
- Vietnamese: “Maxcanú”
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