Nojpetén

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Nojpetén was the last independent Maya capital city, located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in present-day Guatemala.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nojpetén canonical 11
Nojpetén (Tayasal) island capital 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ
approximateLocation central Petén lowlands ⓘ
archaeologicalStatus largely buried beneath modern Flores ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Itza people ⓘ
Mopan Maya ⓘ
capitalOf Itza Maya ⓘ
conqueredBy Martín de Ursúa y Arizmendi ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
conquestFrom Yucatán ⓘ
linked to: Yucatán state
conquestMethod combined land and water assault ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
era Late Postclassic Maya ⓘ
hasFeature causeways ⓘ
defensive island location ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
plazas ⓘ
temple-pyramids ⓘ
historicalEvent Spanish siege and assault of 1697 ⓘ
knownFor being last major Maya polity subdued by Spain ⓘ
languageSpoken Itzaʼ Maya language ⓘ
lastIndependentCapitalOf Maya peoples ⓘ
locatedIn Lake Petén Itzá ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
Petén Department ⓘ
locatedOn island ⓘ
locatedUnderModernCity Flores ⓘ
meaningOfName “great island” in Yucatec Maya ⓘ
modernSuccessorSettlement Flores, Guatemala ⓘ
otherName Noh Petén ⓘ
linked to: Santa Elena, Petén

Tayasal ⓘ
periodOfOccupation Contact period ⓘ
Postclassic period ⓘ
politicalRole administrative center ⓘ
ceremonial center ⓘ
politicalSystem Maya kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Maya city‑states
postConquestUse Spanish colonial town site ⓘ
preColumbianInhabitants Itza Maya ⓘ
Kowoj Maya ⓘ
Yalain Maya ⓘ
linked to: Xiu Maya
presentDayGeographicalContext northern Guatemala ⓘ
region lowland Maya area ⓘ
regionType island city-state ⓘ
religion Maya religion ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled trade routes in central Petén ⓘ
timeOfIndependenceEnd 1697 ⓘ
waterBody Lake Petén Itzá ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Itza Maya → locatedIn → Nojpetén ⓘ
Itza Maya → centeredIn → Nojpetén ⓘ
Itza Maya → capital → Nojpetén ⓘ
Flores → historicalPrecursor → Nojpetén ⓘ
Flores → builtOnSiteOf → Nojpetén ⓘ
Tayasal → hasAlternativeName → Nojpetén ⓘ
Itzá → historicalCity → Nojpetén ⓘ
Itza people → capitalHistorically → Nojpetén ⓘ
Lake Petén Itzá region → linkedTo → Nojpetén (Tayasal) island capital ⓘ
linked to: Nojpetén