Cobá was one of the most important Mayan cities in the lower Mayan lands of the north. Surrounded by five lagoons, it came to dominate an extensive territory and its 50 erected roads, known in the Mayan language as “Sac beh” (white path), had ceremonial-administrative-habitational sets as their destination. These paths allowed both the control of other groups and the rapprochement between entities, encouraging trade and rapprochement. Two of these roads reached more distant places, such as “ixil”, 20 kilometers away, and “Yaxuná”, 100 kilometers away. The city of Cobá is one of the few pre-Hispanic settlements that retain its original name (Cob’ Ha), as evidenced by the inscriptions carved on the monuments.