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Commander Juan Gutierrez Picon relates in the Account of Ek' Balam (1579), that Captain Francisco de Montejo granted him the capital of the district of Tiquibalon or Ek' Balam, consisting of five villages, for having been one of the conquerors of the region. According to this Account, it also states that Tiquibalon was founded and populated bt the great man called Ek' Balam, who built most of the five structures at the site and that the rest were constructed by other captains, under his orders.

Ek' Balam is a Yucatec Mayan name - apparently taken from this leader - which means "black jaguar or "bright star-jaguar".

The enormous dimensiones of the buildings are what stand out at this site, as well as the fact that the central part is surrounded by two walls, an uncommon attribute. The most important structures are found within the walled enclosure of less than one square kilometer and distributed within two large, connected plazas.
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