Chacchoben
Sign in to saveChacchoben (chak-cho-BEN; Maya for "the place of red corn") is a Maya ruin approximately 110 mi (177 km) south of Tulum and 7 mi (11 km) from the village from which it derives its name.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chacchoben
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Maya Site
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Chacchoben, Gran Basamento, Temple I (14342835836).jpg
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- Mexico
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- left
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- Location on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico
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- Country
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- Mexico
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- State
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- Quintana Roo
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- Municipality
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- Earliest inscription
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- Constructed
- Settlement.established_date1
- 700
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.timezone
- CST
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -6
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- Central Daylight Time
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Restoration
- Chacchoben today
- Image gallery
- External links
- References
Chacchoben (chak-cho-BEN; Maya for "the place of red corn") is a Maya ruin approximately 110 mi (177 km) south of Tulum and 7 mi (11 km) from the village from which it derives its name.
== History == Settlement by the Maya at the site is estimated at 200 BC, and the structures date from 700 AD. It is characterised by large temples and massive platform groups.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chacchoben” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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