Maya people
Mesoamerican ethnic group
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Summary
Maya people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,355 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Catholicism[3], Protestantism[4], Maya religion[5]
- Country: El Salvador[6], Mexico[7], Guatemala[8], Belize[9], Honduras[10]
- Instance of: Mesoamerican civilization[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Maya peoples[12]
- Population: 65,000,000[13]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], The Catholic Encyclopedia[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17]
- Different from: House of Maj[18], Ma'ya people[19]
- Language used: Mayan[20], Spanish[21], English[22]
- Has works in the collection: Museum aan de Stroom[23], Los Angeles County Museum of Art[24], National Museum of Anthropology[25]
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Influence
Things named for Maya people include Maya Mountain[26], a mountain[27].
Why It Matters
Maya people has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Entities named for it include Maya Mountain[26], a mountain[27].