The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan and seat of its eponymous municipality, located about 35 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Mexico coast on the northwest corner of the Yucatan Peninsula. Its 2020 population was 921,770, while its metropolitan area, which also includes the cities of Kanasin and Uman, reached 1,316,090.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
Capital Of
Source GeoNames: Mérida - GeoNames
Sources
1. Merida, Yucatan, Wikipedia
Lead section
In 2020, it had a population of 921,770
Infobox, Area, City
833 km2 (322 sq mi)
Infobox: established_date
January 6, 1542 (by Francisco de Montejo the Younger)
Infobox, Elevation
10 m (33 ft)
Infobox, Coordinates
20.96722N 89.62361W
View the Source2. GeoNames: Mérida - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 10 m
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 20.75, -89.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 20.75, -89.75
20.75 -89.75 Aw
4. GeoNames: Mérida - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3523349
20.967 -89.62318 P PPLA MX 31 050 1201000 10 America/Merida
Capital Of: Yucatan, cities500 record 3523349, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 31)
20.967 -89.62318 P PPLA MX 31 050 1201000 10 America/Merida
View the Source Wikidata: Merida
Wikidata Q165204, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Merida (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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