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Yucatán

Yucatán
State
Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán
Flag of Yucatán
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Official seal of Yucatán
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Nickname(s):
La Hermana República de Yucatán
(The sister republic of Yucatán)
State of Yucatán within Mexico
State of Yucatán within Mexico
Coordinates: 20°50′N 89°0′W / 20.833°N 89.000°W / 20.833; -89.000Coordinates: 20°50′N 89°0′W / 20.833°N 89.000°W / 20.833; -89.000
Country Mexico
Capital Mérida
Largest city Mérida
Municipalities 106
Admission December 23, 1823
Order 8th
Government
 • Governor Rolando Zapata PRI
 • Senators Daniel Avila Ruiz PAN
Adriana Diaz PAN
Angelica Araujo PRI
 • 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)
Postal code 97
Area code
ISO 3166 code MX-YUC
HDI Increase 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).

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Mérida
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Num. City Municipality Pop. Num. City Municipality Pop.
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Motul
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Ticul
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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