Mérida
capital city of Yucatan, Mexico
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Summary
Mérida is a locality of Mexico[1]. Mérida ranks in the top 0.42% of locality of mexico entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,556 views/month, #6 of 1,428).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mérida[4]
- Country: Mexico[5]
- Instance of: city[6], big city[7]
- Twinned administrative body: New Orleans[8], Texcoco de Mora[9], Mérida[10], Pereira[11], Chiquinquirá[12], Camagüey[13], Panama City[14], Glendora[15], Erie[16], Cozumel Island[17], Iguala de la Independencia Municipality[18], Incheon[19], Manzanares[20], Miami[21]
- Postal code: 97000–97299[22]
- Commons category: Mérida, Yucatán[23]
- Local dialing code: 999[24]
- Inception: January 6, 1542[25]
- Coordinate location: 20.97, -89.62[26]
- Official website: http://www.merida.gob.mx/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mérida, Yucatán[28]
- Commons gallery: Mérida, Yucatán[29]
- Population: 892,363[30], 777,615[31], 921,771[32]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[34], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[35], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36], The New Student's Reference Work[37]
- Capital of: Yucatán[38], Mérida[39]
- Official name: Mérida[40]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Mérida, Yucatán[41]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Mérida, Yucatán[42]
- Demonym: meridano[43]
- Native label: Mérida[44]
- Category for people buried here: Q126366331[45]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Mérida, Yucatán[46]
- Different from: Mérida[47]
- Elevation above sea level: 14[48], 12[49]
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Physical Characteristics
Mérida covers an area of 883.41[50].
Why It Matters
Mérida has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Mérida is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]