Maya Region
Maya Region
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The Maya Region / major rivers, mountain ranges, and regions labelled / 2015 map by S. Burchell | |
Maya Region Location of the Maya Region in Mesoamerica | |
| Coordinates: 17°N 90°W / 17°N 90°W | |
| Location | Belize, Guatemala, western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, southeastern Mexico |
| Part of | Mesoamerica |
| Area | |
| • Total | 125,000 mi2 (320,000 km2)a |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 540 mi (870 km)b |
| • Width | 410 mi (660 km)b |
| Highest elevation | 13,845 ft (4,220 m)c |
| Subdivisions | |
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The Maya Region is cultural, first order subdivision of Mesoamerica, located in the eastern half of the latter. Though first settled by Palaeoindians by at least 10,000 BC, it is now most commonly characterised and recognised as the territory which encompassed the Maya civilisation in the pre-Columbian era.