Sotuta

Sotuta was a Maya lordship in the interior of Yucatán, ruled by the Cocom lineage after the fall of Mayapán. Its ruler Nachi Cocom resisted Spanish advances during the conquest of the peninsula. Spanish forces gained control of the region in the 1540s, but resistance continued: Sotuta was among the eastern Maya territories that rose together in 1546 in an effort to preserve their independence.