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Mérida, Mexico

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Mérida

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Mérida is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán. The city is also the seat of the eponymous municipality. It is located slightly inland from the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula, about 35 km (22 mi) from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. In 2020, it had a population of 921,770 while its metropolitan area, which also includes the cities of Kanasín and Umán, had a population of 1,316,090.

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What to see in Mérida

  • Uxmal

    Uxmal is an ancient Maya city of the classical period located in present-day Mexico. It is considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Maya culture, along with Palenque, Chi…

    Photo: Sybz · CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

  • Cathedral of Mérida, Yucatán

    The Mérida Cathedral in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, is one of the oldest cathedrals in the Americas.

    Photo: Nicklasmark · CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

  • Mérida Mexico Temple

    The Mérida Mexico Temple is the 92nd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is located in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The intent to build the temple was announ…

    Photo: Renegade of Funk / Andy Funk · CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

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