page_title: Chakán Putum
section_title: European contact
hierarchical_section_title: Chakán Putum / European contact
context_page_description: Chakán Putum was the name of a Mayan chiefdom of the southwestern Yucatán Peninsula, before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century.
  It was named after the capital city Chakan Putum. The city had approximately 8000 houses. It was a major port.
context_section_description: In 1517, 18, and 19 the Spaniards battled the Maya of Chakan Putum. Chakan Putum had 2,000 war canoes.
  After the Spaniards allied with neighboring Can Pech and conquered Tabasco they invaded a fourth time between 1527 and 1528.
caption: The Madrid codex
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