Bolonchen or Bolonchen de Rejón is a town in the state of Campeche, Mexico, about 120 km west from the state capital, Campeche, Campeche. The name "Bolonchen" means "Nine Wells" in the Maya language. "de Rejón" commemorates Manuel Crescencio Rejón, a lawyer who helped draft Mexico's constitution who was born here. In 1995 the town had a population of 3,487 people. Campeche is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... View of Campeche, showing Cathedral and part of old city fortifications Campeche is a city of Mexico located at 19°85′ N 90°53′ W, on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. ... The Mayan languages are a family of related languages spoken from South-Eastern Mexico through northern Central America as far south as Honduras. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A good sized ruined site of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization is centered just north of the modern town. It dates to the classic and postclassic periods. Most of the carved stone on the ancient structures was removed in the 18th century through the mid 20th century for reuse in modern construction. None the less, a few monuments with scupture and heiroglyphic texts are still visible at old Bolonchen. The term Pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the New World in the era before significant European influence. ... The Maya are people of southern Mexico and northern Central America (Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and El Salvador) with some 3,000 years of history. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

A short distance to the south of Bolonchen are the caves of Xtacunbilxunan. Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) The outside world viewed from a cave A cave is a natural underground void. ...

Both the ruins and cave were visited and described briefly by John Lloyd Stephens at the start of the 1840s, but no detailed scholarly examination of the ruins was made until that of Eric von Euw in 1973 (in part because Stephens and other early visitors failed to note that there were surviving inscriptions). John Lloyd Stephens (November 28, 1805–October 13, 1852) was a American explorer, writer, and diplomat. ... Events and Trends First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...