Yucatán Peninsula

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geographical region peninsula

The Yucatán Peninsula is a large landmass in southeastern Mexico extending into the Caribbean, known for its Maya archaeological sites, cenotes, and tropical coastal ecosystems.

Aliases (9)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → peninsula →
borders	Caribbean Sea → Gulf of Mexico →
climate	tropical →
contains	part of Belize → part of Guatemala → state of Campeche → state of Quintana Roo → state of Yucatán →
country	Mexico →
ethnicGroup	Maya people →
feature	sinkholes → underground rivers →
geology	limestone platform →
hasArchaeologicalSite	Calakmul → Chichén Itzá → Cobá → Tulum → Uxmal →
hasCity	Campeche → Cancún → Chetumal → Mérida → Playa del Carmen →
hasCoastline	Caribbean Sea → Gulf of Mexico →
hasEcosystem	coral reefs → mangrove forests → tropical rainforest →
hasProtectedArea	Celestún Biosphere Reserve → Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve → Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve →
historicalRegion	Maya civilization core area →
knownFor	Maya archaeological sites → cenotes → karst topography → tropical coastal ecosystems →
language	Spanish → Yucatec Maya →
locatedIn	southeastern Mexico →
majorIndustry	agriculture → fishing → tourism →
ocean	Atlantic Ocean →
partOf	Mesoamerica → North America →
timeZone	Central Standard Time → Eastern Standard Time (Quintana Roo) →

Referenced by (57)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Celestún Biosphere Reserve → Chichén Itzá → Chicxulub impact crater → Cobá → Maya civilization → Quintana Roo → Republic of Yucatán → Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve → Tulum → Uxmal →	locatedIn
Calakmul → Mérida → Quintana Roo →	locatedInRegion
Cancún → Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve → Yucatán →	locatedOn
Campeche → Chetumal → Playa del Carmen →	partOf
Classic period in Mesoamerica ("Maya Lowlands") → Mexican Congress ("Yucatán") →	appliesToTerritory
Mexico Time Zones ("Yucatán") → Mexico Time Zones ("Quintana Roo") →	includesRegion
Spanish conquest of Yucatán → Spanish conquest of Yucatán ("Yucatán") →	location
Republic of Yucatán → Yucatán Basin →	namedAfter
Yucatán Basin →	adjacentTo
Alfred Marston Tozzer →	areaOfActivity
Western Caribbean →	borderedBy
Caribbean Sea →	boundedBy
Republic of Yucatán ("Yucatán") →	commonName
America →	contains
Americas →	containsSubregion
Republic of Yucatán ("Yucatán") →	country
Gulf Coastal Plain →	extendsInto
Gulf of Mexico ("Yucatán") →	hasCoastlineIn
Catalan diaspora ("Mexico’s Yucatán region") →	hasCommunityIn
North America →	hasNotableFeature
Western Caribbean ("Yucatán Peninsula coastal areas") →	hasPart
Southern Mexico →	hasSubregion
Republic of Yucatán ("Yucatán") →	historicalRegion
Guatemala Captaincy General ("Yucatán frontier areas") →	includedRegion
Viceroyalty of New Spain ("Yucatán") →	includedTerritory
Siete Leyes ("Yucatán") →	inspiredOppositionIn
Mérida →	isCulturalCenterOf
Mérida →	isEconomicCenterOf
Yucatán Basin →	liesEastOf
Yucatán Basin →	locatedBetween
Chetumal ("Mexican Caribbean region") →	locatedInCountrySubdivision
indigenous peoples of Mexico →	mainRegion
Afro-Mexicans →	majorRegion
American flamingo →	nativeTo
Tulum ("Caribbean Mexico") →	region
Cancún ("Mexican Caribbean") →	tourismRegion
Alfred Marston Tozzer →	workLocation
Itzamna →	worshipedIn