Bacalar, Quintana Roo, México: near Chetumal. The name most likely derives from Mayan: b'ak halal, meaning "surrounded by reeds." Bacalar was a city of the Maya civilization in Pre-Columbian times. This was the first city in the region which the Spanish Conquistadores succeeded in taking and holding in 1543.

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Bacalar, Quintana Roo, México: near Chetumal. The name most likely derives from Mayan: b'ak halal, meaning "surrounded by reeds." Bacalar was a city of the Maya civilization in Pre-Columbian times. This was the first city in the region which the Spanish Conquistadores succeeded in taking and holding in 1543.