Yucatán

State

Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán

Flag

Seal

Nickname(s):
La Hermana República de Yucatán
(The sister republic of Yucatán)

State of Yucatán within Mexico

Coordinates: 20°50′N 89°0′W / 20.833°N 89.000°WCoordinates: 20°50′N 89°0′W / 20.833°N 89.000°W

Largest city

December 23, 1823

Government

• Governor

• Senators

• Deputies

Area

• Total

39,524 km² (15,260 sq mi)

Ranked 20th

Highest elevation

210 m (690 ft)

Population (2015)

• Total

2,097,175

• Rank

21st

• Density

53/km² (140/sq mi)

• Density rank

17th

Demonym(s)

Yucateco (a)

Time zone

CST (UTC−6)

• Summer (DST)

CDT (UTC−5)

MX-YUC

0.734 high Ranked 20th

GDP

US$ 9,191,180.625 th

Website

Official Web Site

^ a. Joined the federation under the name of Federated Republic of Yucatán, included the modern states of Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo.

^ b. The state's GDP was 117,647,112 thousand of pesos in 2008, amount corresponding to 9,191,180.625 thousand of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).

Mérida Kanasín	Num.	City	Municipality	Pop.	Num.	City	Municipality	Pop.
	1	Mérida	Mérida Municipality	734.153	7	Umán	Umán Municipality	29.135
	2	Kanasín	Kanasín Municipality	50.357	8	Tekax	Tekax Municipality	23.524
	3	Valladolid	Valladolid Municipality	45.868	9	Hunucmá	Hunucmá Municipality	22.800
	4	Tizimín	Tizimín Municipality	44.151	10	Motul	Motul Municipality	21.508
	5	Progreso	Progreso Municipality	35.519	11	Oxkutzcab	Oxkutzcab Municipality	21.341
	6	Ticul	Ticul Municipality	31.147	12	Peto	Peto Municipality	18.177
Source: INEGI

Yucatán (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟ͡ʝukaˈtan]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida.

It is located in Southeastern Mexico, on the north part of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is bordered by the states of Campeche to the southwest and Quintana Roo to the southeast, with the Gulf of Mexico off its north coast.

Before the arrival of Spaniards to the Yucatán Peninsula, the name of this region was el Mayab. In the Mayan language, "ma' ya'ab" is translated as "a few". It was a very important region for the Mayan civilization, which reached the peak of its development on this place, where the Mayans founded the cities of Chichen Itza, Izamal, Motul, Mayapan, Ek' Balam and Ichcaanzihóo (also called T'ho), now Mérida.

After the Spanish conquest of Yucatán, the Peninsula was a single administrative and political entity, the Captaincy General of Yucatán. Following independence and the breakup of the Mexican Empire in 1823, the first Republic of Yucatán was proclaimed, which then was voluntarily annexed to the Federal Republic of United Mexican States on December 21, 1823. Later on March 16, 1841, as a result of cultural and political conflicts around the federal pact, Yucatán declared independence from Mexico to form a second Republic of Yucatán, but eventually on July 14, 1848, Yucatán rejoined Mexico. In 1858, in the middle of the caste war, the state of Yucatán was divided for the first time, establishing Campeche as a separate state (officially in 1863). During the Porfiriato, in 1902, the state of Yucatán was divided again to form the Federal territory that later became the present state of Quintana Roo.

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