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Palenque was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that flourished in the 7th century.
Palenque may also refer to:
Places
edit- Palenque or quilombo, a term for villages founded by escaped slaves in remote regions of South America
- Palenque, Chiapas, the modern town and municipality in Mexico
- Palenque, Colón, a town in Panama
- Palenque, the capital of Yateras, Cuba
- Palenque Canton, a canton of Ecuador
- Isla Palenque, an island of Panama, off the western Pacific shoreline
- San Basilio de Palenque, a Colombian town
- Sabana Grande de Palenque, a municipality in San Cristóbal province, Dominican Republic
Other uses
edit- Palenque International Airport, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
- Palenque language (or Palenquero), a Spanish-based creole language spoken in parts of coastal Colombia
- Palenque River, Ecuador
- an arena or cockpit in cockfighting
- Concerts during Carnival in Jalisco, notably Jalostotitlán, Mexico
- Palenque, a traditional factory to produce the alcoholic drink mezcal
See also
edit- All pages with titles containing Palenque
- Palengke, a type of public market common throughout the Philippines