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The Yucatán Peninsula is one of Mexico's iconic geographic features (and also gives its name to the state of Yucatán). But the origin of the name "Yucatán" is actually the result of a pretty classic misunderstanding.

Most non-Mexicans would guess that Spanish is the official language of Mexico. But the government actually additionally recognizes 68 indigenous languages as official languages. There are currently over 150 different indigenous languages spoken in Mexico, and the country is currently home to over 6 million speakers of those languages.