Group
Maya peoples
The Maya people constitute a diverse range of the Native American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America.
The overarching term "Maya" is a convenient collective designation to include the peoples of the region who share some degree of cultural and linguistic heritage; however, the term embraces many distinct populations, societies, and ethnic groups, who each have their own particular traditions, cultures, and historical identity.There are an estimated 7 million Maya living in this area at the start of the 21st century.
Ethnic Maya of Guatemala, southern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, El Salvador, and western Honduras have managed to maintain substantial remnants of their ancient cultural heritage.
Some are quite integrated into the majority hispanicized Mestizo cultures of the nations in which they reside, while others continue a more traditional culturally distinct life, often speaking one of the Maya languages as a primary language.The largest populations of contemporary Maya inhabit Guatemala, Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador, as well as large segments of population within the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Chiapas.
Member Cities
- Altun Ha Belize District Belize Location
- Belize City Belize Belize Location
- Benque Viejo Cayo Belize Location
- Black River settlement Honduras Location
- Bonampak Chiapas Mexico Location
- Brus Laguna Gracias a Dios Honduras Location
- Cacaxtla Tlaxcala Mexico Location
- Calakmul Campeche Mexico Location
- Campeche Campeche Mexico Location
- Cape Sable Monroe Florida United States Location
- Caracol Toledo Belize Location
- Cerros Corozal District Belize Location
- Champotón Campeche Mexico Location
- Chetumal Quintana Roo Mexico Location
- Chichén Itzá Yucatán Mexico Location
- Cholula (de Rivadabia) Puebla Mexico Location
- Choluteca Choluteca Honduras Location
- Cojutepeque Cuscatlan El Salvador Location
- Comayagua Comayagua Honduras Location
- Copán Copan Honduras Location
- Corozal Corozal Belize Location
- Cozumel Quintana Roo Mexico Location
- Cuicuilco Mexico City Mexico Location
- Cuilapa Santa Rosa Guatemala Location
- Cuzcatlan El Salvador Location
- Dos Pilas Peten Guatemala Location
- Dulce Nombre de Culmí Olancho Honduras Location
- El Mirador El Pétan Guatemala Location
- El Peru El Pétan Guatemala Location
- El Tajín Veracruz Mexico Location
- Flores Peten Guatemala Location
- Gracias Lempira Honduras Location
- Guanaja Islas de la Bahia Honduras Location
- Guazacapán Santa Rosa Guatemala Location
- Ilopango San Salvador El Salvador Location
- Iximche Chimaltenango Guatemala Location
- Izalco Sonsonate El Salvador Location
- Izcuintepeque Escuintla Guatemala Location
- Jesús de Otoro Intibuca Honduras Location
- Juigalpa Chontales Nicaragua Location
- Kaminaljuyu Guatemala Guatemala Location
- La Huasteca (region) Mexico Location
- La Venta Tabasco Mexico Location
- Lake Izabal Guatemala Location
- Lamanai Orange Walk District Belize Location
- León Leon Nicaragua Location
- Machaquila Peten Guatemala Location
- Matanzas Matanzas Cuba Location
- Maya Mountains Location
- Mayapan Yucatán Mexico Location
- Mexico City > Ciudad de México District Federal Mexico Location
- Mérida Yucatán Mexico Location
- Nakbe El Pétan Guatemala Location
- Nancinta Santa Rosa Guatemala Location
- Naranjo Campeche Mexico Location
- Nojpetén > Flores Peten Guatemala Location
- Palenque Chiapas Mexico Location
- Papaloapan River Veracruz Mexico Location
- Pasaco Jutiapa Guatemala Location
- Piedras Negras Peten Guatemala Location
- Potonchán > Frontera? Tabasco Mexico Location
- Q'umarkaj Quiché Guatemala Location
- Quetzaltenango Quiche Guatemala Location
- Quiriguá Izabal Guatemala Location
- Salamanca de Bacalar Quintana Roo Mexico Location
- San Francisco Zapotitlán Suchitepequez Guatemala Location
- San Gil Izabal Guatemala Location
- San Miguel San Miguel El Salvador Location
- Santiago Santiago de Cuba Cuba Location
- Soconusco Chiapas Mexico Location
- Sonsonate Sonsonate El Salvador Location
- Tampico Tamaulipas Mexico Location
- Taxisco Santa Rosa Guatemala Location
- Tayasal Peten Guatemala Location
- Tegucigalpa Francisco Morazan Honduras Location
- Teotihuacán Mexico Location
- Tikal El Pétan Guatemala Location
- Toniná Chiapas Mexico Location
- Trujillo Colon Honduras Location
- Tula (Mesoamerican Site) Hidalgo Mexico Location
- Tulum Quintana Roo Mexico Location
- Uaxactun Peten Guatemala Location
- Uxmal Yucatán Mexico Location
- Xochicalco Morelos Mexico Location
- Xunantunich Cayo District Belize Location
- Yaxchilan Chiapas Mexico Location
- Yoro Yoro Honduras Location