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    Mérida ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmeɾiða] ⓘ) is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico. The city is also the seat of the eponymous municipality. It is located in the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula, about 35 km (22 mi) inland from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
    Yucatán ( / ˌjuːkəˈtɑːn /, also UK: / ˌjʊk -/, US: /- ˈtæn, ˌjuːkɑːˈtɑːn /, Spanish: [ ɟʝukaˈtan] ⓘ; Yucatec Maya: Yúukatan [ ˈjúːkatan] ), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán ( English: Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán ), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico.
    Mérida was named after Mérida, Spain because the Maya ruins that the Spanish conquistadors found in the settlement of Ti'ho reminded them of the Roman ruins of Augusta Emerita. Over time, the city acquired the nickname " La Ciudad Blanca " (The White City).
    From the later 1800s to the 1920s, Mérida enjoyed prosperous boom times fueled by the henequen or sisal plant harvest, which made Yucatán the rope maker to the world. Progressive Mérida had electric trams and street lights before Mexico City.