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One of Merida's twin mansions, known as the Cámara Houses or "Las Casas Gemelas" Cathedral of Mérida as it appeared in 2010. Mérida was founded in 1542 by the Spanish conquistadors, including Francisco de Montejo the Younger and Juan de la Cámara, and named after the town of Mérida in Extremadura, Spain.
The 3rd presidential debate of the 2018 general elections is hosted at the Mayan Museum of Merida; Renán Barrera Concha becomes the 37th mayor. First constitutionally re-elected after the 2015 constitutional reform. 2019 The city hosted the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, receiving more than 30 of them.
Lake La Rosa and the Museum of Science and Technology in the background. The city's culture closely resembles that of Andean Folklore and is in fact the main, if not defining, example of this folklore. Inhabitants of Mérida, with deep connections to their culture, are characterized by their well-preserved traditions and slow, unhurried way of ...
Merida Industry Co., Ltd (MIC; Chinese: 美利達工業) 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 manufactures over two million bicycles a year at its factories in Taiwan, China ...
Land had been set aside for the cathedral at Mérida, the place recycled by the Spanish under Francisco de Montejo as the capital of the new colony. [6] The colonial city was set amidst the ruins of the Maya settlement of Ichcansiho (T'ho for short), and work for the church was begun shortly after Toral's arrival. [6]
The Mérida Initiative (named after Mérida, the city where it was agreed upon), also called Plan Mexico (in reference to Plan Colombia), was a security cooperation agreement among the United States, the government of Mexico, and the countries of Central America, that ran from from 2007 to 2021. [1]
Merida Bikes, one of the world's largest bicycle makers, based in Taiwan; Mérida Initiative, an American-led drug interdiction program for Mexico and Central America; Mérida sunangel (Heliangelus spencei), a species of hummingbird native to Venezuela; Fran Mérida, a Spanish footballer; SS Merida, several ships with the name Merida
Yucatán, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, [c] 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.