The Pre-Columbian city today known as Copán is a locale in western Honduras, in the Copán Department, near the Guatemalan border. It is the site of a major Maya kingdom of the Classic era (5th through 9th Centuries).

The kingdom, anciently named Xukpi (Corner-Bundle), was occupied from the 5th century AD to the early 9th century, It was situated at the far southern and eastern end of Maya territory. The nearby modern village of Copán Ruinas itself may have anciently been known as Oxwitik.

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