What is "coba"

Coba (pronounced cō-bǝ) is an ancient Maya city on the Yucatán Peninsula, located in what is now northeastern Quintana Roo, Mexico. The site is the nexus of the largest network of stone causeways of the ancient Mayan world, and it contains many engraved and sculpted stelae that document ceremonial life and important events of the Late Classic Period (AD 600–900) of Mesoamerican civilization. The adjacent modern village bearing the same name, reported a population of 1,278 inhabitants in the 2010 Mexican federal census.

Coba can refer to:

• Coba, the archeological site of Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico
• Coba Höyük, also known as Sakçe Gözü or Sakçagözü, an archaeological site in Anatolia, Turkey
• Camilo Coba, a filmmaker and photographer from Ecuador
• Coba Ritsema (1876 – 1961), a portrait painter from the Netherlands
• Yasuhiro "Coba" Kobayashi (b. 1959), a Japanese musician
• Coba Coba, third album from the Peruvian band Novalima

The acronym COBA can mean:

• Cob(I)yrinic acid a,c-diamide adenosyltransferase, an enzyme
• Uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase, an enzyme
• Cost–benefit analysis