Chan Santa Cruz

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Chan Santa Cruz U Noh Kah Balam Nah Chan Santa Cruz
1849–1901
Flag of Chan Santa Cruz
Areas under the Mayas' control, c. 1870
Capital	Noh Kah Balam Nah Chan Santa Cruz
Common languages	Mayan languages
Halach Uinik (governor)
• 1849-1852	Jose Maria Barrera
Ahau K'atun Kiuik' (supreme general)
• Longest serving	Bernardino Cen
• Last	Francisco May
History
• Established	1849
• Disestablished	1901
Preceded by Succeeded by Republic of Yucatan Mexico
Today part of	Quintana Roo

Chan Santa Cruz was a late 19th-century indigenous Maya state in modern-day Quintana Roo. It was also the name of a shrine that served as the center of the Maya Cruzoob^{[note 1]} religious movement, and of the town that developed around the shrine, now known as Felipe Carrillo Puerto. The town was historically the main center of what is now the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, and it acted as the de facto capital for the Maya during the Caste War of Yucatán.
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