Province of Chetumal u kuchkabal Chetumal (Yucatecan Mayan) | |||||||||||
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ca. 950–1544 | |||||||||||
![]() Map of the Province of Chetumal / known former and present settlements marked / 1957 map by R. L. Roys / via HathiTrust | |||||||||||
Status | Dissolved | ||||||||||
Capital | Chichen Itza; Mayapan; Chetumal | ||||||||||
Common languages | Yucatecan Mayan | ||||||||||
Religion | Maya polytheism; Cult of Kukulkan | ||||||||||
Government | Theocratic, absolute monarchy | ||||||||||
King | |||||||||||
• ca. 1441-1446 | Ah Xiu Xupan (last) | ||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||
• ca. 1514–1544 | Nachan Kan (last) | ||||||||||
Historical era | Postclassic to Spanish conquest | ||||||||||
ca. 950 | |||||||||||
ca. 1250 | |||||||||||
1527–1544 | |||||||||||
4 March 1544 | |||||||||||
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Today part of | Belize; Mexico |
Chetumal, or the Province of Chetumal (/ˌtʃɛtʊˈmɑːl/ che-tuu-MAHL, Yucatec Mayan: u kuchkabal Chetumal, Mayan pronunciation: [u kutʃkaˈbal tʃetuˈmal]), was a Postclassic Maya state of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Maya Lowlands.[1][2][note 1][note 2][note 3]
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