English: Rough TIFF political map of Belize and surroundings prior to Spanish conquest in first half of 16th century, based on File:Belize location map.svg, and processed via macOS Pages, with place names, locations, and polity borders per File:Manche Chol 16th map.png, File:Mopan Territory map.png, File:Jones Columbian Muzul map.png, File:Dzuluinicob settlements towards the 16th century per Jones 1989.svg, and File:Province of Chetumal map.tif.

Note -

1. Variant place names exist,
2. All locations and borders very approximate,
3. Names of polities in all-caps,
4. Names of polities with territory in Belize in bold,
5. Names of polities with Cholan speakers marked with asterisk,
6. Names of polities with Yucatecan speakers not marked with asterisk,
7. Names of settlements in title case,
8. Capital/principal settlements in black, with square pin marker.

Cited -

1. Becquey, Cédric (5 December 2012). "Quelles frontières pour les populations cholanes?". Ateliers d’anthropologie (in French). 37. doi:10.4000/ateliers.9181.
2. Feldman LH, ed. (2000). Lost Shores, Forgotten Peoples: Spanish Explorations of the South East Maya Lowlands. Latin America in Translation / En Traducción / Em Tradução. Durham, N. Car., and London: Duke University Press. ISBN 0822326302. OL 9874598M.
3. Jones GD, ed. (1977). Anthropology and History in Yucatán. The Texas Pan American Series. Austin, Tex. and London: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0292703147. OL 18272858W.
4. Jones GD (1989). Maya Resistance to Spanish Rule: Time and History on a Colonial Frontier. Albuquerque, New Mex.: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 082631161X. OL 2213175M.
5. Jones, Grant D. (1998). The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom. Stanford, California, US: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3522-3.
6. Roys, RL (1957). The political geography of the Yucatan Maya. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington. hdl:2027/uva.x000422247.