Maya people
The Maya people are several culturally-related Mesoamerican ethnic groups of southern Mexico and northern Central America. The Mayan civilization lasted a few thousand years.
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 7 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras | |
| Languages | |
| Mayan languages, Spanish and English | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic) and Maya religion |
Most Maya live in the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Chiapas and in the Central American countries of Belize, Guatemala, and west of Honduras and El Salvador.
Maya People Media
- Reina Maya de Chimaltenango 01.jpg
Reina Maya de Chimaltenango 01
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The Maya area within Mesoamerica
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Map of Maya linguistic distribution
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Chichen Itza's El Castillo
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- Pobladomaya
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Former governor of Yucatán, Francisco Luna Kan, was a Maya with the very common surname "Kan"
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Maya populations in Chiapas. The area officially assigned to the Lacandon Community is the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, which partly overlaps with the Tzeltal, Tojolabal and Chʼol areas. Note. The Zoque are not Maya.
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Young Mayan women in traditional dress in Antigua, Guatemala
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Mother and daughters, Guatemala.
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A boy playing Maya trumpet opposite of Palacio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
Other websites
- Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya at the National Gallery of Art Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Learn more about Maya hieroglyphs Archived 2009-12-04 at the Wayback Machine and Maya numbering from the National Gallery of Art Archived 2009-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
- La Pintada, a Maya Chorti village near Copan Ruinas, Honduras Archived 2014-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- A Day with Modern Mayans in the village of Oxtapacab, Yucatan, Mexico
