Dzibilchaltun Map

Dzibilchaltún is the "place where there is writing on the stones," referring to the many memorial stones found at the site.Dzibilchaltún  is a great Mayan city that is only nine miles from Mérida. There were settlements here from 500 BC until the Spanish conquest, around 1540 AD. It covers an area of about 19 square kilometers, with somewhere around 8400 structures in the round enclave. It is believed there may have been a population of as many as 40,000 inhabitants, making it one of the largest cities of Mesoamerica.