Maxcanú
{{Short description|Town in the Mexican state of Yucatán}}
{{about||the municipality|Maxcanú Municipality|the station|Maxcanú railway station}}
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Maxcanú is a large town in the western part of the Mexican state of Yucatán; it also functions as the seat for the Maxcanú Municipality. It is located on Federal Highway 180, approximately {{cvt|62|km}} south of Mérida.
The ancient Maya site of Oxkintok and the caves of Calcehtok are close to Maxcanú, while another ancient Maya settlement, Chunchucmil, is located ca. 25 kilometers west of the town.
Facilities available in Maxcanú include: internet cafes; grocery stores; fresh produce market; family restaurants; public telephones; hardware stores; bus station (for connections to Mérida and Campeche); and a "combi" taxi stand for travelling to local villages. Maxcanú railway station on the Tren Maya is just outside of town.
Geography
The town is located on Federal Highway 180, approximately {{cvt|62|km}} south of Mérida.
= Climate =
{{Weather box
|location = Maxcanú
|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|Jan high F = 85.5
|Feb high F = 88.5
|Mar high F = 93.4
|Apr high F = 96.6
|May high F = 98.1
|Jun high F = 95.9
|Jul high F = 95
|Aug high F =94.3
|Sep high F = 92.8
|Oct high F = 90
|Nov high F =87.8
|Dec high F = 85.3
|year high F = 91.9
|Jan low F = 61.2
|Feb low F = 63.1
|Mar low F = 66.4
|Apr low F = 69.8
|May low F = 72.3
|Jun low F = 72.9
|Jul low F = 72.3
|Aug low F = 71.6
|Sep low F = 71.6
|Oct low F = 69.6
|Nov low F = 65.8
|Dec low F = 63.1
|year low F = 68.4
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.1
|Feb precipitation inch =1.1
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.7
|Apr precipitation inch = 1
|May precipitation inch = 4.5
|Jun precipitation inch = 6.7
|Jul precipitation inch = 6.4
|Aug precipitation inch = 6.7
|Sep precipitation inch = 7.6
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.7
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.9
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.6
|year precipitation inch = 43.9
{{cite web
|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=931018&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Maxcanú, Yucatán
|publisher=Weatherbase
|year=2011
}}
Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
|date=November 2011
}}
Notable people
Maxcanú is the birthplace of Alfredo Barrera Vásquez, the noted Mexican anthropologist and Mayanist scholar who was the principal editor behind the {{ill|Diccionario Maya Cordemex|es|italic=y}}, the influential Mayan-Spanish dictionary and orthography.
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