Mérida

E45013

city

Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán, known for its rich Mayan and colonial heritage and its role as a cultural and economic hub of the Yucatán Peninsula.

Aliases (2)

Merida ×1
Mérida, Mexico ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city →
averageAnnualTemperature	about 26°C →
climate	tropical savanna climate →
continent	North America →
coordinateLocation	20.97°N 89.62°W →
country	Mexico →
demonym	Meridano →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	10 meters →
foundedBy	Francisco de Montejo the Younger →
governmentType	municipal government →
hasAirport	Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport →
hasCulturalEvent	Carnival of Mérida → Noche Blanca →
hasCulturalInstitution	Gran Museo del Mundo Maya → Teatro Peón Contreras →
hasHeritage	Maya civilization → Spanish colonial period →
hasHistoricCenter	Mérida historic center →
hasMajorAvenue	Paseo de Montejo →
hasPublicSquare	Plaza Grande →
hasReligiousBuilding	Mérida Cathedral →
hasUniversity	Autonomous University of Yucatán →
inception	1542 →
isCapitalOf	Yucatán →
isCulturalCenterOf	Yucatán Peninsula →
isEconomicCenterOf	Yucatán Peninsula →
isLargestCityOf	Yucatán →
isSeatOf	Municipality of Mérida →
knownFor	Mayan heritage → colonial architecture → cultural tourism → gastronomy of Yucatán → traditional music and dance →
localLanguages	Yucatec Maya →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Yucatán →
locatedInRegion	Yucatán Peninsula →
locatedInTimeZone	Central Daylight Time → Central Standard Time →
majorIndustry	commerce → construction → services → tourism →
namedAfter	Mérida, Spain →
nearbyArchaeologicalSite	Dzibilchaltún → Uxmal →
officialLanguage	Spanish →
population	over 800000 inhabitants →
UNLOCODE	MXMID →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eastern Mexico → Republic of Yucatán → Southern Mexico →	hasMajorCity
Republic of Yucatán → Yucatán →	capital
America/Merida ("Merida") →	city
TAR Aerolíneas →	focusCity
Yucatán Peninsula →	hasCity
Yucatán →	largestCity
America/Merida →	primaryCity
America/Merida →	representsTimeIn
Seville ("Mérida, Mexico") →	twinCity