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Calakmul -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | Calakmul (also Kalakmul and other less frequent variants) is also the name given to site of one of the largest ancient Mayan cities ever uncovered. |
| | It is located in the 1,800,000 acre Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, deep in the jungles of the (additional info and facts about Petén) Petén, 30 km from the (A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable) Guatemalan border. |
| | Calakmul was the major seat of power of the Kaan or "Kingdom of the Snake", which first arose further north but built Calakmul into a Late Classic Era superpower ally of (additional info and facts about Caracol) Caracol and rival to (additional info and facts about Tikal) Tikal. |
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