Yucatán Peninsula

Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. Part of the Caribbean region, Belize is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Commonwealth Caribbean, the historical British West Indies.

Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida.

peninsula in Central America

Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the southwest, Yucatán to the northeast, Quintana Roo to the east, by the Petén department of Guatemala to the south, and by the Orange Walk District of Belize to the southeast. It has a coastline to the west with the Gulf of Mexico. The state capital, also called Campeche, was declared a World Heritage Site in 1997. The formation of the state began with the city, which

state of Mexico

strait between Mexico and Cuba

prehistoric impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico

UK possession in Central America between 1798 and 1981, today Belize

large bay of the western Caribbean Sea on the southern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula

thumb|Major sites of the Puuc style (black), Chenes style (green) and transitional styles (blue)right|thumb|Puuc building at Xculoc, Campeche, as drawn by [[Frederick Catherwood, 1841 ]] right|thumb|Ruins of the Palace of Sayil. thumb|Decoration of Codz Poop at Kabáh. thumb|Detail of building in the Nunnery Quadrangle in Uxmal. Puuc is the name of a region in the Mexican state of Yucatán and a Maya architectural style prevalent in that region. The word puuc is derived from the Maya term for "hill". Since the Yucatán is relatively flat, this term was extended to encompass the large karstic rang

regional and touristic passengers' train in Mexico

thumb|Yucatán PeninsulaPutún is the name of a Mayan ethnic group on the periphery of Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, generally considered a synonym for the Chontal Maya, though it also referred to the closely related Chʼol people. They were originally based in the delta of the Usumacinta and Grijalva Rivers, a region of waterways, lakes, and swamps in which aquatic transport dominated, as it did around the Laguna de Términos and through the numerous rivers that ended there. The Putun established two main urban centers: Potonchán, situated in the mouth of the Grijalva River in the current stat

1986 novel by Pat Murphy

body of water

music genre and type of dance