Can Pech
Can Pech (also Cun Pech, Kaan Pech, or Kaan Peech) was the name of a Maya chiefdom of the southwestern Yucatán Peninsula, before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century. Can Pech was south of Ah Canul and north of Chakán Putum, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. In 1517, the population of its capital city was approximately 36,000, judging by the description of the city by Bernal Díaz del Castillo.
Kuchkabal Kaan Peech | |||||||||
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| 1441–1540 | |||||||||
Kuchkabals of Yucatan after 1461; Can Pech is center left. | |||||||||
| Capital | Campeche, Campeche | ||||||||
| Common languages | Official language: Yucatec | ||||||||
| Religion | Maya religion | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Halach Uinik | |||||||||
| Historical era | post classic period / Early Modern | ||||||||
• Established | 1441 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1540 | ||||||||
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