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Yaxchilan

pre-Columbian archaeological site
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Yaxchilan

Summary

Yaxchilan is an archaeological site[1]. Yaxchilan ranks in the top 4% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yaxchilan is located in Ocosingo Municipality[3].
  • Yaxchilan is in the country of Mexico[4].
  • Yaxchilan's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[5].
  • Yaxchilan's Commons category is recorded as Yaxchilan[6].
  • Yaxchilan's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 16.9, 'longitude': -90.966666666667}[7].
  • Yaxchilan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yaxchilan[8].
  • Yaxchilan's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • Yaxchilan's capital of is recorded as Pachan kingdom[10].
  • Yaxchilan's culture is recorded as Maya civilization[11].

Body

Geography

Yaxchilan is in the country of Mexico[4]. Yaxchilan is located in Ocosingo Municipality[3].

Designation and Status

Yaxchilan's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[5].

Why It Matters

Yaxchilan ranks in the top 4% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,107 views/month).[2] Yaxchilan has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] Yaxchilan is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Mexico

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 16.9, 'longitude': -90.966666666667}
    Instance of → archaeological site
    Topic's main category → Category:Yaxchilan
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX456026"
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