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Yucatán
Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida. Located on the northern part of the Yucatán Peninsula, it is bordered by the states of Campeche to the southwest and Quintana Roo to the southeast, with the Gulf of Mexico off its northern coast. Before the arrival of Spaniards, the peninsula was a very important region for the Maya civilization that reached the peak of its development here, where the Maya founded the cities of Chichen Itza, Izamal, Motul, Mayapan, Ek' Balam, and Ichkanzihóo (also called T'ho), now Mérida. After the Spanish conquest of Yucatán (early 16th to late 17th centuries), the Yucatán Peninsula became a single administrative and political entity, the Captaincy General of Yucatán. Following Mexican independence in 1821 the local Governor proclaimed indepe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida (, ) is the capital of the List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico. The city is also the seat of the Mérida Municipality, eponymous municipality. It is located slightly inland from the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula, about from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. In 2020, it had a population of 921,770 while its metropolitan area, which also includes the cities of Kanasín and Umán, had a population of 1,316,090. Mérida is also the cultural and financial capital of the Yucatán Peninsula. The city's rich cultural heritage is a product of the syncretism of the Maya civilization, Maya and Culture of Spain, Spanish cultures during the colonial era. The Cathedral of Mérida, Yucatán was built in the late 16th century with stones from Ti'ho, nearby Maya ruins and is the oldest cathedral in the mainland Americas. The city has the third largest old town district on the continent. It was the first city to be n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chichen Itza
Chichén Itzá , , often with the emphasis reversed in English to ; from () "at the mouth of the well of the Itza people, Itza people" (often spelled ''Chichen Itza'' in English and traditional Yucatec Maya) was a large Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian Mayan city, city built by the Maya people of the Mesoamerican chronology, Terminal Classic period. The archeological site is located in Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán (state), Yucatán State, Mexico. Chichén Itzá was a major focal point in the Northern Maya Lowlands from the Mesoamerican chronology, Late Classic ( AD 600–900) through the Terminal Classic ( AD 800–900) and into the early portion of the Postclassic period ( AD 900–1200). The site exhibits a multitude of Maya architecture, architectural styles, reminiscent of styles seen in central Mexico and of the Puuc and Chenes styles of the Northern Maya lowlands. The presence of central Mexican styles was once thought to have been representative of direct migration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeche
Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the southwest, Yucatán (state), Yucatán to the northeast, Quintana Roo to the east, by the Petén (department), Petén department of Guatemala to the south, and by the Orange Walk District of Belize to the southeast. It has a coastline to the west with the Gulf of Mexico. The state capital, also called Campeche City, Campeche, was declared a World Heritage Site in 1997. The formation of the state began with the city, which was founded in 1540 as the Spanish began the conquest of the Yucatán Peninsula. The city was a rich and important port during the colonial period, but declined after Mexican War of Independence, Mexico's independence. Campeche was part of the province of Yucatán, but split off in the mid-19th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquín Díaz Mena
Joaquín Jesús Díaz Mena (born 16 August 1974), nicknamed Huacho, is a Mexican politician currently from the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). He was a federal deputy during the 63rd session of Congress, representing Yucatán from the third electoral region. He is the current Governor of Yucatán, in which office he has served since 1 October 2024. Life Díaz Mena obtained a degree in Tourism Business Administration-Hotels and Restaurants from the Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida in 1994; he managed the Mesón Hacienda restaurant, and the Hotel Club Las Velas in Cancún. Additionally, he was a teacher; in 1997, he began a four-year stint as a Telesecundaria teacher, spending two of those years at the Colegio de Bachilleres de Yucatán. In the late 1990s he also began ranching; he got involved with the Ganadería San Joaquín, and with the Asociación Ganadera de San Felipe, Yucatán, the local cattle ranchers' association. In 2001, Díaz Mena began his political c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintana Roo
Quintana Roo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 administrative divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into municipalities of Quintana Roo, 11 municipalities, and its capital city is Chetumal. Quintana Roo is located on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula and is bordered by the states of Campeche to the west and Yucatán (state), Yucatán to the northwest, and by the Orange Walk District, Orange Walk and Corozal District, Corozal districts of Belize, along with an offshore borderline with Belize District to the south. As Mexico's easternmost state, Quintana Roo has a coastline to the east with the Caribbean Sea and to the north with the Gulf of Mexico. The state previously covered and shared a small border with Guatemala in the southwest of the state. However, in 2013, Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation resolved the boundary dispute between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Evolution Of Mexico
Mexico has experienced many changes in territorial organization during its history as an independent state. The territorial boundaries of Mexico were affected by presidential and imperial decrees. One such decree was ''the Law of Bases for the Convocation of the Constituent Congress to the Constitutive Act of the Mexican Federation'', which determined the national land area as the result of integration of the jurisdictions that corresponded to New Spain, the Captaincy General of Yucatán, the Captaincy General of Guatemala and the autonomous Kingdoms of East and West. The decree resulted in the Mexican War of Independence, independence from Spain. Organizations Subdivision by intendancies During the period of the Independence of Mexico, part of the territorial organization of New Spain was integrated into the new nation of the First Mexican Empire, Mexican Empire. Added to this were the Captaincy General of Yucatán and the Captaincy General of Guatemala (whose Central Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín
Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín (born 14 August 1961) is a Mexican politician who was elected as a Senator for the state of Yucatán to the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress, 64th Congress in the 2018 Mexican general election, July 2018 general election as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was re-elected to the Senate (Mexico), Senate for Yucatán in the 2018 Mexican general election, June 2024 general election for the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM). Ramírez Marín has also served as the federal Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development (Mexico), Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development from 2012 to 2015 and as a Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), federal deputy in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, 63rd and LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress, 64th Congresses, representing his home state of Yucatán and the Electoral regions of Mexico, third electoral region. Education Jorge Carlos Ramirez Marin graduated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LXV Legislature Of The Mexican Congress
The LXV Legislature of the Congress of the Union (65th Congress) was a meeting of the legislative branch of Mexico, composed of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic (Mexico), Senate of the Republic. It convened on 1 September 2021, and ended on 31 August 2024, during the final three years of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presidency. The Chamber of Deputies was elected in the 2021 Mexican legislative election, 2021 legislative election, in which ''Juntos Hacemos Historia'', consisting of the Morena (political party), National Regeneration Movement (Morena), the Labor Party (Mexico), Labor Party (PT), and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM), kept their majority but did not reach the two-thirds supermajority required to pass López Obrador's proposed constitutional reforms. This legislature was notable for being the first where deputies were eligible for reelection, with 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Paz Alonzo
Raúl Paz Alonzo (born 21 February 1976) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) who previously belonged to the National Action Party (PAN). In the 2012 general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the fourth district of Yucatán for the PAN. In the 2018 general election he was elected to the Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ... for Yucatán on the PAN ticket. On 27 September 2022 he informed the Senate that he was switching his allegiance to Morena. References 1976 births Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Yucatán National Action Party (Mexico) politicians Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni Senators of the LXIV and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of States Of Mexico
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, and state congress. In the hierarchy of Mexican administrative divisions, states are further divided into municipalities. Currently there are 2,462 municipalities in Mexico. Although not formally a state, political reforms have enabled Mexico City (), the capital city of the United Mexican States to have a federative entity status equivalent to that of the states since January 29, 2016. Current Mexican governmental publications usually lists 32 federative entities (31 states and Mexico City), and 2,478 municipalities (including the 16 boroughs of Mexico City). Third or lower level divisions are sometimes listed by some governmental publications. List of federative entities Mexico City, though not formally a state, is included for com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Divisions Of Mexico
Mexico is a federal republic composed of 32 federative entities (): 31 states and Mexico City. According to the Constitution of Mexico, the states of the federation are free and sovereign in all matters concerning their internal affairs. Since 2016, Mexico City was made a fully autonomous entity on par with the states. Each state federative entity has its own congress and constitution. Overview The current structural hierarchy of Mexican administrative divisions are outlined by Constitution of Mexico as well as the constitutions and laws of federative entities. The laws together established the following levels of administrative divisions. The levels in bold are those regulated by the federal constitution. * State () ** Region () or district () — only in some states *** Municipality () **** City (), town (), village (), or others ***** Colonia () — only in some cities * Mexico City () ** Borough () *** Neighborhood () The Constitution of Mexico states the country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
