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Izamal
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Izamal () is a small city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, east of state capital Mérida, in southern Mexico.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Izamal
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.nicknames
The Yellow City, The City of Three Cultures
Settlement.image_skyline
Izamal collage.jpg
Settlement.image_map
Izamal Municipality Yucatan Izamal Highlighted.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Izamal, Yucatan
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Yucatán
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Izamal
Settlement.established_title
City Founded
Settlement.established_date
December 4, 1841
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_as_of
INEGI, 2005
Settlement.population_total
15101
Settlement.timezone
Central

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Pre-Columbian Izamal
  • Spanish Colonial era
  • Modern history
  • Present day
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Izamal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (2)

On the map

3 mapped locations