Chiquilá
Chiquilá | |
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Chiquilá | |
| Coordinates: 21°25′47″N 87°20′12″W / 21.42972°N 87.33667°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Quintana Roo |
| Municipality | Lázaro Cárdenas |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,311 |
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| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| Postal code | 77320 |
| Area code | 984 |
Chiquilá is a pueblo (village) located in the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, in the extreme northeast of the Yucatán Peninsula.[1] It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and its location allows it to be the maritime link to Isla Holbox, an island with a significant tourist influx.
History
The Maya town of Conil was situated in what is now the town of Chiquilá, until it was abandoned in the middle of the 17th century. In 1528, Francisco de Montejo visited the town and reported that there were 5,000 houses. Archaeological efforts in the mid-2010s reveal that Conil was one of the largest coastal settlements along the north coast of the Yucatán during the Late and Terminal Pre-classic periods, and once again during the Late Postclassic period.[2]
In the late 19th century, businesses started promoting development in the northern region of the peninsula. Their goal was to grow agricultural production and increase logging activities. This expansion led to the creation of haciendas and communities in the area, including Chiquilá.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Ubicación de Chiquilá". PueblosAmerica. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Gentil, Verna; Hermitt, Elijah J.; Glover, Jeffery B.; Rissolo, Dominique; The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (2017), Recent Investigations at the Ancient Maya Port Site of Conil, Quintana Roo, Mexico, retrieved 2026-02-14
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Aprender datos sobre Holbox para niños". ninos.kiddle.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-02-14.
- ^ "Holbox, Una historia llena de piratas". Quintana Roo Hoy (in Mexican Spanish). 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2026-02-14.