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Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, locate on the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. The term the Yucatán is incorrect usage, as would be the term the Florida. The Yucatan peninsula includes the three Mexican states: Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo; all three modern states were formerly part of the larger historic state of Yucatán in the 19th century. The state capital of Yucatán is Mérida.

Trivia about yucatan

  • Cape Catoche, the northeastern tip of this large peninsula, lies a little more than 30 miles north of Cancun
  • You'll find the Mayan ruins of Tulum on this large peninsula
  • Ash from an asteroid impact on this peninsula in Mexico may have covered the globe & killed off the dinosaurs
  • The cities of Cancun, Mexico & Belmopan, Belize lie on this large peninsula
  • One of the new 7 wonders of the world is the sprawling ruins of Chichen Itza on this peninsula
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands at the edge of an inviting, palm-enclosed lagoon lined with grass-capped umbrellas.) On the east coast of this Mexican peninsula, I'm actually due south of Florida
  • The inhabitants of this 70,000-square-mile peninsula are predominantly descendants of the Maya
  • Thought to leadto the underworld,sinkholes like the oneon this peninsulawere the siteof Mayan sacrifices

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