Uxmal

Uxmal is a large Pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucat?n, Mexico. It is 78 km south of M?rida, Yucat?n, or 110 km from that city on Highway 261 towards Campeche, Campeche), 15 km south-southeast of the town of Muna.

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Uxmal is pronounced "Oosh-mahl". The place name is Pre-Columbian and it is usually assumed to be an archaic Maya language phrase meaning "Built Three Times", although some scholars of the Maya language dispute this derivation.

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