Mérida or Merida may refer to:

Places

Mérida (state) The State of Mérida commonly known simply as Mérida ( es, Estado Bolivariano de Mérida, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Mérida, Mérida, Mérida, in the Libertador Municipality, Mérida, Libertador Municipality. L ...

, one of the 23 states which make up Venezuela *

Mérida, Mérida Mérida, officially known as ''Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida'', is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida, and is one of the main cities of the Venezuelan Andes. It was founded in 1558 by Captain Juan R ...

, the capital city of the state of Mérida, Venezuela *

Merida, Leyte Merida (IPA: e'ridɐ, officially the Municipality of Merida ( ceb, Lungsod sa Merida; war, Bungto han Merida; tl, Bayan ng Merida), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popul ...

, Philippines, a municipality in the province of Leyte *

Mérida, Spain Mérida () is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the Province of Badajoz, and capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura. Located in the western-central part of the Iberian Peninsula at 217 metres above sea level, the city is crosse ...

, the capital city of the autonomous community of Extremadura *

Mérida, Yucatán 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 (22 ...

, Mexico, the capital city of the state of Yucatán * or , an ancient name for

Mardin Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on ...

, Turkey

Football clubs

CP Mérida Club Polideportivo Mérida was a Spanish football team based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Having played twice in La Liga ( 1995–96 and 1997–98), the club was dissolved in 2000, due to serious economic debts. Its ...

, a defunct club in Mérida, Spain * Estudiantes de Mérida, Venezuela *

Imperio de Mérida CP Imperio de Mérida Club Polideportivo is a Spanish football club based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1955 it holds home games at ''Estadio Romano'', with a capacity for 15,000 spectators. In 2011, after seven ...

, Mérida, Spain *

Mérida AD Asociación Deportiva Mérida, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2013 it is a successor club of CP Mérida, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1. Hist ...

, a club in Mérida, Spain *

Mérida F.C. Venados Fútbol Club is a Mexican Association football, football club based in Mérida, Yucatán. The team are currently playing in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second tier of the Mexican football league system. For the 2010–11 Liga de Asce ...

, Mexico *

Mérida UD Mérida Unión Deportiva was a Spanish football club based in Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1990, they last played in Tercera División – Group 14 when dissolved in 2013, and hosted games at the Estadio Roma ...

, a defunct club in Mérida, Spain

Other uses

* Merida (Disney), the main character of the 2012 animated film ''Brave'' *

Merida (Dragon Prince) The ''Dragon Prince'' and ''Dragon Star'' trilogies comprise six connected fantasy novels written by Melanie Rawn. The ''Dragon Prince'' trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the ''Dragon Star'' trilo ...

, a fictional people created by fantasy author Melanie Rawn for her ''Dragon Prince'' series * ''Merida'' (moth), a genus of moth in the family Geometridae *

Merida Bikes Merida Industry Co., Ltd (MIC; ) is a Taiwan-based company with R&D headquarters in Germany that designs, manufactures and markets bicycles globally in over 77 countries. Founded in 1972 by Ike Tseng (1932–2012), the company designs and manufac ...

, one of the world's largest bicycle makers, based in Taiwan *

Mérida Initiative The Mérida Initiative (named after Mérida (Yucatán), the city where it was agreed upon, also called Plan Mexico, in reference to Plan Colombia) is a security cooperation agreement among the United States, the government of Mexico and the countri ...

, an American-led drug interdiction program for Mexico and Central America *

Mérida sunangel The Mérida sunangel (''Heliangelus spencei'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and Bird ...

(''Heliangelus spencei''), a species of hummingbird native to Venezuela *

Fran Mérida Francisco Mérida Pérez (; born 4 March 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Chinese club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger. He signed at the age of 17 with Arsenal from Barcelona, but only appeared in 16 offici ...

, a Spanish footballer *, several ships with the name Merida *

Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team Team Bahrain Victorious () is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team from Bahrain which was founded in 2017. Its title sponsor is the government of Bahrain. History The idea for a Bahrain pro cycling team was started in August 2016 by Sheikh Nasser bi ...

, a professional cycling team {{disambiguation, geo