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- Locality
- Valladolid
- Region
- Yucatán
- Country
- México
- Population
- 48,973
- Timezone
- America/Merida
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Mexico
- State
- Yucatán
- Municipality
- Valladolid
- Founded
- May 28, 1543
- Founded by
- Francisco de Montejo (the Nephew)
- Named after
- Valladolid , Spain
- Hdi
- 0.7745 high
- Municipal president
- Enrique Ayora Sosa (2018-2021)
- Total
- 431.4 sq mi (1,117 km )
- Elevation
- 30 ft (9.1 m)
- Density
- 131.0/sq mi (50.56/km )
- Demonym
- Vallisoletano(a)
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central Standard Time )
- Climate
- Aw
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Valladolid ( Spanish: [baʝaðoˈlið] ; Sakiʼ in Maya) is a city located in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is the seat of Valladolid Municipality. As of the 2020 census the population of the city was 56,494 inhabitants (the third-largest community in the state after Kanasín), and that of the municipality was 85,460. Valladolid is located approximately 170 km (105 mi) east of the state capital Mérida, 40 km (25 mi) east of Chichén Itzá, and 150 km (93 mi) west of Cancún.
On August 30, 2012, Valladolid became part of the Pueblos Mágicos promotional initiative led by the federal Secretariat of Tourism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valladolid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.