Mérida, Yucatán (mex)

Mérida, Yucatán

Mérida, Yucatán ranks 2,626th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lawrence, Kansas, East Prussia, and Ružomberok. Memorable people born in Mérida, Yucatán include Andrés Quintana Roo, Carlos Torre Repetto, and Arturo de Córdova. Memorable people who died in Mérida, Yucatán include Diego de Landa, Pedro Infante, and Carlos Torre Repetto. Mérida, Yucatán has been the birth place of many actors and politicians and the death place of many religious figures and actors. Mérida, Yucatán is located in Mexico.

Mérida is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico. The city is also the seat of the eponymous municipality. It is located in the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula, about 35 km inland 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. Read more on Wikipedia