Kanasín
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Kanasín (In the Yucatec Maya language: “tense or strongly tightened”) is a city in the Mexican state of Yucatán and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. It is located in the northwestern region of the state, forming part of the Mérida metropolitan area. According to the 2020 census carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), it had a population of 139,753, making it the second largest Yucatecan city after Mérida, the 8th most populous in southeastern Mexico and the 101st most populous in the country.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Kanasín is referenced by 179 other articles, and connects out to Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport and Telchac Pueblo.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Municipality seats in Yucatán and Populated places in Yucatán.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kanasín
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Plaza principal de Kanasín.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main square of Kanasín.
- Settlement.image_seal
- 50px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Region 2 Noroeste #041
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico Yucatán#Mexico
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Kanasín
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 40px Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 40px Yucatán
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kanasín Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- City established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1921
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Kanasín
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Kanasín Municipality
- Population
- 139753
- Elevation
- 9
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Kanasín Municipality
- Official website
- www.kanasin.gob.mx
- Image
- Kanasín, Yucatán (01).JPG
- Dialing code
- 999
- Licence plate code
- 31
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- Commons category
- Kanasín, Yucatán
- Commons gallery
- Kanasín
- postal code
- 97370
- time of earliest written record
- 1700-00-00
- P12749
- Gaborone
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Neighborhoods and subdivisions
- Demographics
- Local festivals
- Tourist attractions
- References
Kanasín (In the Yucatec Maya language: “tense or strongly tightened”) is a city in the Mexican state of Yucatán and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. It is located in the northwestern region of the state, forming part of the Mérida metropolitan area. According to the 2020 census carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), it had a population of 139,753, making it the second largest Yucatecan city after Mérida, the 8th most populous in southeastern Mexico and the 101st most populous in the country.
In pre-Columbian times, the space that the city currently occupies was located in the ancient Mayan chiefdom of Chakan. Kanasín was established around the mid-16th century under the encomienda tributary system following the Spanish conquest of Yucatán. The name of the city derives precisely from a Mayan language term used to name a plant with reddish flowers that grows in the area. In 2007, it officially received city status. At the end of 2021, it hosted the First Ibero-American Meeting of Poetry. Today, it is a significant development pole as an industrial corridor for the state, together with the nearby city of Umán, which is also a suburb of Mérida.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kanasín” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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