Republic of Yucatán

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former sovereign state historical country secessionist state

The Republic of Yucatán was a short-lived 19th-century independent nation in southeastern Mexico, centered on the Yucatán Peninsula, that briefly seceded from Mexico before rejoining it.

Aliases (1)

State of Yucatán ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former sovereign state → historical country → secessionist state →
capital	Mérida →
commonName	Yucatán →
continent	North America →
conventionalLongName	Republic of Yucatán →
country	Yucatán →
currency	Mexican peso →
demonym	Yucatecan →
flag	Flag of the Republic of Yucatán →
governmentType	republic →
hasBorderWith	Caribbean Sea → Gulf of Mexico →
hasEthnicGroup	Maya peoples →
hasMajorCity	Campeche → Mérida →
hasMajorPort	Campeche →
historicalEra	19th century →
historicalRegion	Yucatán →
languageInUse	Mayan languages →
locatedIn	Yucatán Peninsula →
locatedInPresentDay	Mexico → State of Campeche → State of Quintana Roo → State of Yucatán →
namedAfter	Yucatán Peninsula →
officialLanguage	Spanish →
partOf	Mexican federal system →
politicalConflictWith	centralist Mexican government →
politicalIdeology	federalism →
precededBy	First Mexican Republic →
primaryEconomicActivity	agriculture → henequen production → trade →
reasonForReintegration	economic considerations → political and military pressure from Mexico →
reasonForSecession	opposition to Mexican centralism →
regionType	peninsular state →
rejoined	Mexico →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
secededFrom	Mexico →
status	independent nation → short-lived state →
succeededBy	Mexico → Yucatán (Mexican state) →
symbol	coat of arms of Yucatán →
usedScript	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Republic of Texas →	borderedBy
Republic of Yucatán →	conventionalLongName
Mexican Constitution of 1824 ("State of Yucatán") →	createdState