Maxcanú is a large town in the western part of the

Mexican state The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate ent ...

Yucatán Yucatán (, also , , ; yua, Yúukatan ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán,; yua, link=no, Xóot' Noj Lu'umil Yúukatan. is one of the 31 states which comprise the federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate mun ...

; it also functions as the seat for the

Maxcanú Municipality Maxcanú Municipality (in the Yucatec Maya language: "his four monkeys") is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán. Its seat is the town of Maxcanú. The municipality covers an area of approximately 1,321 km2 and is lo ...

. It is located on

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, approximately 62 km (38.5 mi) south of Mérida. The ancient Maya site of

Oxkintok Oxkintok is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the Puuc region of Yucatán state, in southeastern Mexico. Geography and climate The site of Oxkintok is located on the northwestern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula, and is situated unchara ...

and the caves of Calcehtok are close to Maxcanú, while another ancient Maya settlement,

Chunchucmil Chunchucmil was once a large, sprawling pre-Columbian Maya city located in the western part of what is now the state of Yucatán, Mexico. Although the famous explorer and author John Lloyd Stephens traveled within a few kilometers of Chunchucmil ...

, is located ca. 25 kilometers west of the town. Facilities available in Maxcanú include: internet cafes; grocery stores; fresh produce market; family restaurants; public telephones; DVD rental; hardware stores; bus station (for connections to Mérida and

Campeche Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...

); and a "''combi''" taxi stand for travelling to local villages. Maxcanú is the birthplace of Alfredo Barrera Vásquez, the noted Mexican anthropologist and

Mayanist A Mayanist ( es, mayista) is a scholar specialising in research and study of the Mesoamerican pre-Columbian Maya civilisation. This discipline should not be confused with Mayanism, a collection of New Age beliefs about the ancient Maya. Maya ...

scholar who was the principal editor behind the ''Diccionario Cordemex'', the influential Mayan-Spanish dictionary and orthography.

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Populated places in Yucatán {{Yucatán-geo-stub