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The Maya civilisation originated in the region that is now known as the southeastern portion of Mexico, the entirety of Guatemala and Belize, as well as the western parts of Honduras and El Salvador.
Peninsula of the Yucatán (the Mayan Riviera)
In general, the Maya region is split into three zones that are only tangentially differentiated from one another: the southern Maya highlands, the center lowlands, and the northern lowlands. All of Guatemala’s mountainous regions can be considered part of the southern Maya highlands.