![]() Flag of the Yucatec Maya people | |
![]() Yucatec Mayas doing a ritual to request rain | |
Total population | |
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1,646,782 (2020)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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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).