Many people shorten. It s home to lush green forests dotted with mayan ruins cool shades of colonial era architecture and sea life ablaze with color all under caribbean blue skies. Some of the best in mexico.
The yucatan peninsula is a place of emerald waters turning to turquoise waves crashing on perfectly white coral sand beaches. Yucatán s green and yellow coat of arms features a deer which represents the native mayan people leaping over an agave plant a once important crop in the region. But we have to be careful with the health of our people carlos joaquin governor of.
Jorge antonio delgado reuters. Tourists begin to find their way back to mexico s yucatan peninsula. Encompassing some 76 300 square miles 197 600 square km it includes the mexican states of campeche quintana roo and yucatán and in the.
Yucatán peninsula a northeastern projection of central america lying between the gulf of mexico to the west and north and the caribbean sea to the east. It is located on the north part of the yucatán peninsula. ɟʝukaˈtan officially the free and sovereign state of yucatán is one of the 32 states which comprise the federal entities of mexico it is divided into 106 municipalities and its capital city is mérida.
ˈ t æ n ˌ j uː k ɑː ˈ t ɑː n spanish. ˌ j ʊ k us. Yucatán ˌ j uː k ə ˈ t ɑː n also uk.
Some of the better known are chichen itza coba tulum and. There are many maya archaeological sites throughout the peninsula. The yucatán peninsula constitutes a significant proportion of the ancient maya lowlands although the maya culture extended south of the yucatán peninsula through present guatemala and into honduras and highland chiapas and was the center of the mayan civilization.
