Coba
Sign in to saveCoba () is an ancient Maya city on the Yucatán Peninsula, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The site is the nexus of the largest network of stone causeways of the ancient Maya world, and it contains many engraved and sculpted stelae that document ceremonial life and important events of the Late Classic Period (AD 600–900) of Mesoamerican civilization. The adjacent modern village bearing the same name, reported a population of 1,278 inhabitants in the 2010 Mexican federal census.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Cobá
- Ancient site.image
- Coba1.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Coba Archeological Area
- Ancient site.map_type
- Mesoamerica#Mexico Quintana Roo
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250px
- Ancient site.location
- Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Ancient site.region
- Yucatán Peninsula
- Ancient site.epochs
- Late Preclassic to Late Postclassic
- Ancient site.cultures
- Maya civilization
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Sakbe'ob
- History
- Rulers
- Exploration and artifacts
- Economy
- Tourism
- Climate
- Image gallery
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Coba () is an ancient Maya city on the Yucatán Peninsula, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The site is the nexus of the largest network of stone causeways of the ancient Maya world, and it contains many engraved and sculpted stelae that document ceremonial life and important events of the Late Classic Period (AD 600–900) of Mesoamerican civilization. The adjacent modern village bearing the same name, reported a population of 1,278 inhabitants in the 2010 Mexican federal census.
left|thumb|Map of the Cobá archeological site The ruins of Coba lie 47 km (approx. 29 mi) northwest of Tulum, in the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The geographical coordinates of Coba Group (main entrance for tourist area of the archaeological site) are North 19° 29.6’ and West 87° 43.7’. The archaeological zone is reached by a two-kilometer branch from the asphalt road connecting Tulum with Nuevo Xcán (a community of Lázaro Cárdenas, another municipality of Quintana Roo) on the Valladolid to Cancún highway.