Maxcanu

Maxcanu is a large city within the western a part of the Mexican nation of Yucatan; it additionally features because the seat for the Maxcanú Municipality. It is positioned on Federal Highway a hundred and eighty, about 62 km south of Merida. The historic Maya web page of Oxkintok and the caves of Calcehtok are near Maxcanu, at the same time as some other historic Maya agreement, Chunchucmil, is placed ca. 25 kilometers west of the town. Facilities to be had in Maxcanu consist of: internet cafes; grocery shops; clean produce market; own family eating places; public telephones; DVD rental; hardware shops; bus station; and a "combi" taxi stand for visiting to nearby villages.

Maxcanu is the birthplace of Alfredo Barrera Vasquez, the referred to Mexican anthropologist and Mayanist scholar who became the primary editor behind the Diccionario Cordemex, the influential Mayan-Spanish dictionary and orthography. Alfredo Barrera Vazquez changed into a Mexican anthropologist, linguist, academic and Mayanist scholar. He is referred to for both his studies into the ancient Maya civilization of the pre-Columbian era and his contributions promoting literacy in Mayan languages and the way of life of present day Maya peoples.