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Mérida
City in Yucatán, Mexico

Mérida

Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán.

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The city is also the seat of the eponymous municipality. It is located slightly inland from the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula, about 35 km (22 mi) 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.

How locals move

Getting around Mérida the local way

  • Go nextA trek you can do on your own is to Los Nevados.
  • Go nextThe next morning jeeps will leave for Mérida at 9AM.
  • Go nextIf you want go to Los Nevados call to Abadia Tours Travel & Destinations: Av 3 entre calles 17 y 18 Mérida An alternative route when the cable car is not running is to start at Mérida and take a jeep to Los Nevados.
  • Go nextJeeps leave at Plaza las Heroinas from 7AM (travel time 4-5 hours).
  • Go nextTo get to Pedro's, it is best to rent a guide (and mule).
  • Go nextCatch a bus to Tabay from the center, then take a jeep to La Mucuy.

From Wikivoyage: Mérida (city, Venezuela), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Lmbuga (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.