Yucatán Peninsula
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The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico.
It comprises the Mexican states of Yucatán, Quintana Roo and Campeche, the northern part of the nation of Belize, and Guatemala's northern territory of El Petén. The Yucatán peninsula roughly coincides with the zone of influence of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization. Ethnic Maya and Mestizos of partial Maya descent still make up a sizable portion of the region's population, and Maya languages are still widely spoken there.
It is thought that the asteroid impact event which rendered the dinosaurs extinct occurred at the location where the Yucatán peninsula is today, centered on the current-day town of Chicxulub. See Chicxulub Crater.
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