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 populations of Maya are in the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Chiapas, and in the Central American countries of Belize, Guatemala, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador.
Maya People Media
The Maya area within Mesoamerica
Map of Maya linguistic distribution
Chichen Itza's El Castillo
- Pobladomaya
Former governor of Yucatán, Francisco Luna Kan, is a Maya with the very common surname "Kan"
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.
Ixil women in Nebaj, Guatemala.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú Tum in Acaya, Province of Lecce (Italy), at the opening press conference of the International Forum of Peace.
Guatemalan girls in their traditional clothing from the town of Santa Catarina Palopó on Lake Atitlán
A boy playing Maya trumpet opposite of Palacio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
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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
