The Mayas lived in present day Honduras, Belize, Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. But most now are living in Guatemala.
The Mayan Civilization qualifies as such.
They lived in present-day Mexico (the country, not the state), Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.
The Maya people lived and still live in southern Mexico, Yucatan, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.
They lived on both the norhern and southern cotients. They lived in 5 countries... some in which where mexico. MAny may not know this, but the ancient mayans still exist today.
The ancient Maya lived in Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica included five countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El; Salvador. Mesoamerica was the land that stretched between United States of America and South America.
It wasn't located in South America at all. The Maya culture was Mesoamerican (in Central America): from eastern and southern Mexico, through Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador to western Honduras (with the famous Copan ruins).
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and el Salvador. Today the world's almost 7 million Maya live in those countries, and also Canada and the United States.
The Mayan civilization qualifies as such. However, besides present-day Mexico, it also spanned Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador.
Technically, the answer is both yes and no. They lived throughout Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, etc. Some of those regions were rainforest, but not exclusively.
They lived in Guatemala
Southeastern Mexico; more specifically, the Yucatan peninsula. Mayans not only lived in present-day Mexico, however. Their area of influence also included present-day Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.