 The site of Xelha is located south of the modern township of Playa del Carmen, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico.The evidence is inconclusive concerning a founding date for Xel-Ha, but it was occupied by the 1st Century and active during Classic and Postclassic times, with most of the buildings being rebuilt in the Late Postclassic.It was probably not fully abandoned until the 19th Century.