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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche' has mentioned 'Region' in the following places:
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| Calakmul (/xcbx8ckxc9x91xcbx90lxc9x91xcbx90kxcbx88muxcbx90l/; also Kalakmul and other less frequent variants) is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, deep in the jungles of the greater Petxc3xa9n Basin region. | WIKI |
| [6] The city is located on a rise about 35 metres (115xc2xa0ft) above a large seasonal swamp lying to the west,[7] known as the El Laberinto bajo (a Spanish word used in the region to denote a low-lying area of seasonal marshland). | WIKI |
| [8] The causeway network that linked Calakmul with the cities of El Mirador, Nakbe and El Tintal suggest strong political links between the four cities that may have begun in the Preclassic, when both Calakmul and El Mirador were important cities, and continued into the Classic period when Calakmul itself was the most powerful city in the region. | WIKI |
| [3] Sky Witness played a major part in the political events of the Maya region. | WIKI |
| [33] Uneh Chan engaged in an aggressive campaign in the western Maya region and attacked Palenque on 23 April 599 with his ally Lakam Chak, lord of the small city of Santa Elena 70 kilometres (43xc2xa0mi) east of Palenque, defeating Palenque's queen Lady Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city. | WIKI |
| [39] The wars against Palenque may have been undertaken by Uneh Chan in order to seize control of wealthy trade routes that passed through the western Maya region. | WIKI |
| In 629 Tikal had founded Dos Pilas in the Petexbatxc3xban region, some 110 kilometres (68xc2xa0mi) to its southwest, as a military outpost in order to control trade along the course of the Pasixc3xb3n River. | WIKI |
| [10] The Yucatec-speaking Kejache Maya who lived in the region at the time of Spanish contact in the early 16th century may have been the descendants of the inhabitants of Calakmul. | WIKI |
| [70] In common with many temple pyramids in the Mesoamerican cultural region, the pyramid at Calakmul increased in size by building upon the pre-existing temple in order to increase its bulk. | WIKI |
| Calakmul is one of the most structure-rich sites within the Maya region. | WIKI |
| The site contains 117 stelae, the largest total in the region. | WIKI |
| The composition of the ceramic materials identifies the region or more specifically the polity that produced them. | WIKI |
| Traditional management practices of indigenous communities who still inhabit the region, outside the property, are evidence of ancient Mayan practices. | UNESCO |
| The property has the greatest diversity of mammals in the Mayan region. | UNESCO |
| The location of the property also increases its importance as the centre of the connectivity of the Selva Maya, with corridors that provide ecological continuity to forests in the region (Mexico, Guatemala and Belize) and allow the conservation of biodiversity, the development of dynamic ecological and evolutionary processes of species, and offers opportunity for species to migrate within this large ecosystem to better adapt to climate change. | UNESCO |
| The area contains the greatest abundance of wildlife and the highest diversity of mammals in the Mayan Region; it is home to two out of the three species of primates, two out of the four species of edentates, and five out of the six feline species (cats) existing in Mexico. | UNESCO |
| The property is located in the heart of the second largest extension of tropical forest in America, one of the best conserved in the region and the centre of connectivity in the Selva Maya. | UNESCO |
| These ecosystems are the product of evolution and adaptation under prevailing environmental influences, which in turn were modified significantly by the management practices of the Mayan culture that inhabited the region continually for more than 1,500 years. | UNESCO |
| The region has been continuously occupied for over 1500 years. | UNESCO |