Editing Tulum (section)

{{Short description|Maya site in Quintana Roo, Mexico}}
{{about|the pre-Columbian Maya site|the modern town|Tulum, Quintana Roo|other uses|Tulum (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox Pre-Columbian site
|name =TUlum
|image = Tulum 2.jpg
|image size = 255px
|caption = Temple of the God of Wind (left) and Castillo (right)
|map_caption = Location within
|mapsize = 255
|country = [[Mexico]]
|abandoned = Caste War 1847
}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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|name                   = Tulum
|official_name          = Tulum
|other_name             = Zamá
|native_name            = Tulu'um
|settlement_type        = Maya site
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|image_skyline          = Tulum 2.jpg
|image_caption          = Temple of the God of Wind (left) and Castillo (right)
|image_flag             = 
|pushpin_map            = Mexico
|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location on the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] in Mexico
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|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Mexico]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[States of Mexico|State]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Quintana Roo]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Municipalities of Quintana Roo|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Municipality of Tulum|Tulum]]
|established_title      = Earliest inscription
|established_date       = AD 564
|established_title1     = Constructed
|established_date1      = 1200 and 1450
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|elevation_m            = 12
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|timezone               = [[Time in Mexico|EST]]
|utc_offset             = -5
|timezone_DST           = [[Eastern Standard Time (North America)|Eastern Standard Time]]
|utc_offset_DST         = -5
|coordinates            = {{coord|20|12|53|N|87|25|44|W|type:landmark_region:MX|display=title,inline}}
|blank_name_sec2        = Major airport
|blank_info_sec2        = [[Tulum International Airport]]
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'''Tulum''' ({{IPA|es|tuˈlun}}, {{langx|yua|Tulu'um}}) is the site of a [[pre-Columbian]] [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] [[Defensive wall|walled city]] which served as a major port for [[Coba]], in the [[States of Mexico|Mexican state]] of [[Quintana Roo]].<ref name="apub">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Tulum/ |title=Tulum |encyclopedia=[[World History Encyclopedia]] |last=Cartwright |first=Mark |date=February 3, 2015 |access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> The [[ruins]] are situated on {{convert|12|metre|ft|adj=mid|sp=us|-tall}} cliffs along the east coast of the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] on the [[Caribbean Sea]].<ref name=apub/> Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya and achieved its greatest prominence between the 13th and 15th centuries. Maya continued to occupy Tulum for about 70 years after the [[Spanish conquest of Yucatán|Spanish]] began [[New Spain|occupying Mexico]], but the city was abandoned by the end of the 16th century. Tulum is one of the best-preserved coastal Maya sites, and today it is a popular site for [[Tourism in Mexico|tourists]].