Yucatec Maya people

Yucatec Mayas
Flag of the Yucatec Maya people
Yucatec Mayas doing a ritual to request rain
Total population
1,646,782 (2020)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Mexico (Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo)
Languages
Yucatec Maya and Spanish
Religion
Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic and Pentecostal), and traditional religion
Related ethnic groups
Tzeltal · Tzotzil · Other Maya peoples

The Yucatec Mayas or Peninsular Mayans are Maya people who live in the Yucatan Peninsula in the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo and in the Districts of Corozal and Orange Walk in Belize. The vast majority of them speak the Yucatec Maya language, or maayat'aan (autoglottonym).

  1. ^ INEGI.

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