Izamal
Sign in to saveIzamal () is a small city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, east of state capital Mérida, in southern Mexico.
Key facts
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- Izamal
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- City
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- The Yellow City, The City of Three Cultures
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- Izamal collage.jpg
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- Izamal Municipality Yucatan Izamal Highlighted.svg
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- Location of Izamal, Yucatan
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- Country
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- Mexico
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- State
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- Yucatán
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- Municipality
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- Izamal
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- City Founded
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- December 4, 1841
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- Metric
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- INEGI, 2005
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- 15101
- Settlement.timezone
- Central
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- Pre-Columbian Izamal
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Izamal () is a small city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, east of state capital Mérida, in southern Mexico.
Izamal was continuously occupied throughout most of Mesoamerican chronology; in 2000, the city's estimated population was 15,000 people. Izamal is known in Yucatán as the Yellow City (most of its buildings are painted yellow) and the City of Hills (that actually are the remains of ancient temple pyramids). It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Americas as well as in the World