Becan
Becan is a large archaeological site in Campeche, Mexico featuring some well preserved pyramids. Becan was a Mayan site best known for its fortifications: a moat and a wall surround the core city center, with pyramids and temples clustered in a tight enclave with a strong core nucleus of unusually high structures.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Aero85, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Chicanná
Photo: Vargatamas, Public domain.
Chicanná was a Maya town that was built during the Classic period.
Becan
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: archaeological site in Campeche, Mexico
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism and historic site
- Location: Calakmul, Campeche, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.5169° or 18° 31' 1" northLongitude
-89.467° or 89° 28' 1" westElevation
290 metres (951 feet)Open Location Code
76CGGG8M+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 27138057OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
3532325Wikidata ID
Q813784Becan Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Bulgarian: Бекан
- Chinese: 贝坎
- Dutch: Becan
- French: Becán
- Georgian: ბეკანი
- German: Becan
- German: Becán
- Hungarian: Becán
- Indonesian: Becan
- Italian: Becan
- Italian: Becán
- Lithuanian: Bekanas
- Macedonian: Бекан
- Polish: Becan
- Portuguese: Becan
- Russian: Бекан (Мексика)
- Russian: Бекан
- Spanish: Becan
- Spanish: Becán
- Ukrainian: Бекан
- Zona arqueológica de Becán
Other Places Named Becan
In the Area
Becan is situated close to the villages Valentín Gómez Farías and Heriberto Jara Corona.
- BecánVillage
- Xpujil
- Nuevo CampanarioVillage, 8 km southeast
- El ChichonalVillage, 9 km west
- Zoh-LagunaVillage, 10 km northeast
- Plan de San LuisHamlet, 10 km west
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Becan. Photo: Aero85, CC BY-SA 3.0.