Mopan Territory
Territory of the Mopan Maya Aikal (Mopan Mayan) | |
|---|---|
| c. 950–1720s | |
Location of the Mopan Territory in the 17th century / marked in light grey, including Chinamita and Muzul Territories / 2023 map based mostly on Becquey 2012 and Feldman 2000 / via Commons | |
| Status | Dissolved |
| Capital | Mopan / likely now San Luis |
| Common languages | Mopan Mayan |
| Religion | Maya polytheism |
| Demonym(s) | Mopan; Aycal |
| Government | Confederacy of settlements with aristocratic and theocratic features |
| Leader | |
• ca 1697 | Taxim Chan / last known |
| Historical era | Postclassic to Precolonial |
• Established | c. 950 |
• Disestablished | 1720s |
| Population | |
• ca 1692 | 10,000–20,000 / estimate |
| Today part of | Belize; Guatemala |
Native name per Jones 1998, p. 21, based on historical name per Thompson 1976, p. 100 and Jones 1977, p. 5. Founding and dissolution dates per Thompson 2019, p. 156 and Jones 1998, p. 420. Map based mostly on Becquey 2012, maps 3, 6 and Feldman 2000, p. xvii. Capital per Jones 1998, pp. 19, 21–22, 433. Common language per Thompson 2019, p. 156 and Thompson 1988, p. 39. Demonyms per von Houwald 1984, p. 263. Government per Jones 1998, pp. 20–21. Leader per von Houwald 1984, pp. 266–267. Population estimate per Schwartz 1990, p. 35. | |
The Mopan Territory, historically also known as Aycal, was a Postclassic polity of the former Maya Lowlands, in present-day Belize and Guatemala.