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Izamal (Spanish About this sound [isama'l] (help·info)) is a small city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, 72 km (about 40 miles) east of state capital Mérida, in southern Mexico.
Izamal was continuously occupied throughout most of Mesoamerican chronology; in 2000, the city's estimated population was 15,000 people. Izamal is known in Yucatán as the Yellow City (most of its buildings are painted yellow) and the City of Hills (that actually are the remains of ancient temple pyramids).
Izamal was continuously occupied throughout most of Mesoamerican chronology; in 2000, the city's estimated population was 15,000 people. Izamal is known in Yucatán as the Yellow City (most of its buildings are painted yellow) and the City of Hills (that actually are the remains of ancient temple pyramids).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izamal
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Coordinates: 20°56'5"N 89°1'12"W
- Mérida 76 km
- Cancún 210 km
- Santa Ana 760 km
- Sensuntepeque 772 km
- Ahuachapán 773 km
- Sonsonate 804 km
- San Vicente 811 km
- San Miguel 818 km
- La Libertad 823 km
- Managua 1015 km
- Pyramid of Kinich Kak Mo, the Mayan Sun God 0.4 km
- Hacienda Santa Catalina 11 km
- Cenote ring at the The Chicxulub Crater 23 km
- Hacienda San Jose, a Luxury Collection Hotel 29 km
- Cenote zone 30 km
- Cenote X Nuc 36 km
- Acuífero de Yalahau 37 km
- State park Lagunas de Yalahau 39 km
- Cenote-zone 42 km
- Chicxulub Impact Crater 65 km