Xelha
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Xelha (, Spanish: Xelhá; Yucatec Maya: Xel-Há) is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization from pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located on the eastern coastline of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the present-day state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The etymology of the site's name comes from Yukatek Maya, combining the roots xel ("spring") and ''ha''' ("water").
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Xel-Há
- Ancient site.image
- Ruinas Xel Ha.jpg
- Ancient site.image_size
- 300px
- Ancient site.caption
- Ruins at Xel-Há
- Ancient site.location
- Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Ancient site.region
- Yucatán Peninsula
- Ancient site.type
- settlement
- Ancient site.material
- limestone, stucco
- Ancient site.built
- pre 1st century
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 19th century
- Ancient site.cultures
- Mayan
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Encyclopedic overview
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Xelha (, Spanish: Xelhá; Yucatec Maya: Xel-Há) is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization from pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located on the eastern coastline of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the present-day state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The etymology of the site's name comes from Yukatek Maya, combining the roots xel ("spring") and ''ha''' ("water").
The lagoon and inlet at Xelha has been turned into a commercial water theme park known as Xel-Ha Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xelha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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