Mayan Riviera

The Mayan Riviera is composed of the area just south of the tip of the in . It stretches along 120 km of the Mexican Caribbean coastline in the northeastern part of the Yucatan Peninsula.
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  • Type: area
  • Description: area just south of the tip of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico
  • Also known as: “Riviera Maya”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Playa del Carmen Airport.

Aerodrome
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, is an airport located in the city of , Quintana Roo, Mexico. There is little activity at the airport, and its runway of just a few hundred meters receives only small and medium-sized planes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Playa del Carmen.

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, or just "Playa" as it is also commonly referred to by locals, is a large coastal resort town in on the of .

Mayan Riviera

Latitude
20.6314° or 20° 37′ 53″ north
Longitude
-87.0731° or 87° 4′ 23″ west
Open location code
76GJJWJG+HQ
Wiki­data ID
Q2061038
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Satellite Map

Discover Mayan Riviera from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Mayan Riviera” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ribera Maia”
  • Basque: “Riviera Maya”
  • Bulgarian: “Ривиера Мая”
  • Catalan: “Riviera Maya”
  • Chinese: “瑪雅里維耶拉”
  • Dutch: “Riviera Maya”
  • Esperanto: “Riviero Majaa”
  • French: “Riviera Maya”
  • Galician: “Riviera Maya”
  • German: “Riviera Maya”
  • Hebrew: “ריביירה מאיה”
  • Japanese: “リヴィエラ・マヤ”
  • Low German: “Riviera Maya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Riviera Maya”
  • Norwegian: “Riviera Maya”
  • Portuguese: “Riviera Maya”
  • Russian: “Ривьера Майя”
  • Russian: “Ривьера-Майя”
  • Spanish: “Rivera Maya”
  • Spanish: “Riviera Maya”
  • Urdu: “ریویرا مایا”

Localities in the Area

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