Maya city of Nojpetén

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Maya city archaeological site former capital city historical city

The Maya city of Nojpetén was the last independent Maya capital, located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in present-day Guatemala, and remained unconquered by the Spanish until 1697.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nojpetén	0
Topoxte	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Maya city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ former capital city ⓘ historical city ⓘ
associatedWith	Lake Petén Itzá basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	Itza Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy	Martín de Ursúa y Arizmendi NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Guatemala ⓘ
culture	Itza Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfConquest	1697 ⓘ
defensiveAdvantage	surrounded by water ⓘ
era	Contact period ⓘ Postclassic Maya period NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalFeature	island settlement ⓘ
historicalStatus	independent Maya polity until 1697 ⓘ
knownAs	Tayasal NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Itzaʼ Maya language ⓘ
lastIndependentCapitalOf	Maya peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Petén Itzá NERFINISHED ⓘ Petén Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	island in Lake Petén Itzá ⓘ
modernSiteOccupiedBy	Flores, Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Lowland Maya area NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Maya religion ⓘ
remainedUnconqueredUntil	1697 ⓘ
significance	last independent Maya capital to fall to Spain ⓘ
usedAsCapitalUntil	late 17th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flores, Guatemala → historicalPredecessor → Maya city of Nojpetén ⓘ

Lake Petén Itzá → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → Maya city of Nojpetén ⓘ

this entity surface form: Topoxte