🏛️ Pre-Hispanic City of Palenque

Mexico · Americas · Cultural · 17.48°N, 92.05°W

Palenque, also anciently known in the Itzaʼ language as Lakamha, was a Maya city-state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century. The Palenque ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. 799 AD. After its decline, it was overgrown by the jungle of cedar, mahogany, and sapodilla trees, but has since been excavated and restored. It is located near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas, about 130 km (81 mi) south of Ciudad del Carmen, 150 meters (490 ft) above sea level. It is adjacent to the modern town of Palenque, Chiapas. It averages a humid 26 °C (79 °F) with roughly 2,160 millimeters (85 in) of rain a year.

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Quick facts

Country	Mexico
Continent / region	Americas
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	17.48°N, 92.05°W · view on map

Pre-Hispanic City of Palenque is a cultural World Heritage site in Mexico, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Pre-Hispanic City of Palenque was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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