Yucatán and the South
The Yucatán Peninsula is a region of southeastern Mexico, consisting of the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo. The Yucatán was the home of the Maya civilization before it was conquered by the Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th century.Tap on the map to travel |
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Yucatán and the South
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Central America
- Category: locality
- Location: Mexico, North America
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Latitude of centre
18.845° or 18° 50' 42" northLongitude of centre
-89.1256° or 89° 7' 32" westElevation
86 metres (282 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 4869671322OpenStreetMap Feature
place=peninsulaGeoNames ID
3514210Wikidata ID
Q130978Yucatán and the South Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Yucatan
- Afrikaans: Yucatán-skiereiland
- Amharic: ዩካታን ልሳነ ምድር
- Arabic: Rawis han Yucatán
- Arabic: شبه جزيرة يوكاتان
- Arabic: يوقطان
- Armenian: Յուկատան
- Asturian: Península de Yucatán
- Azerbaijani: Yukatan yarımadası
- Bashkir: Юкатан
- Basque: Yucatán penintsula
- Bavarian: Yucatan
- Belarusian: Паўвостраў Юкатан
- Belarusian: Юкатан
- Bosnian: Yucatan
- Bosnian: Yucatán
- Breton: Ledenez Yucatán
- Bulgarian: Юкатан
- Burmese: ယူးကတန်ကျွန်းဆွယ်
- Catalan: Península de Yucatán
- Catalan: Península del Yucatán
- Catalan: península de Yucatán
- Cebuano: Península de Yucatán
- Cebuano: Yucatan Peninsula
- Chinese: 尤加坦半岛
- Chinese: 尤加屯半岛
- Chinese: 尤卡坦半岛
- Chinese: 尤卡坦半島
- Chinese: 猶加敦半島
- Croatian: Yucatan
- Croatian: Yucatán
- Czech: Yucatan
- Czech: Yucatán
- Czech: Yucatánský poloostrov
- Czech: Yukatánský poloostrov
- Danish: Yucatan-halvøen
- Danish: Yucatanhalvøen
- Danish: Yucatán-halvøen
- Danish: Yucatán
- Danish: Yucatánhalvøen
- Dimli (individual language): Nêmadey Yucatáni
- Dutch: Yucatan
- Dutch: Yucatán (schiereiland)
- Dutch: Yucatán
- English: Yucatan
- English: Yucatan Peninsula
- English: Yucatán Peninsula
- Esperanto: Jukatan-duoninsulo
- Esperanto: Jukatana Duoninsulo
- Esperanto: Jukatano
- Estonian: Yucatani poolsaar
- Estonian: Yucatáni poolsaar
- Finnish: Jukatan
- Finnish: Jukatanin niemimaa
- Finnish: Yucatanin niemimaa
- French: Peninsule du Yucatan
- French: Péninsule du Yucatan
- French: Péninsule du Yucatán
- French: péninsule du Yucatán
- Galician: Península do Iucatán
- Georgian: იუკატანის ნახევარკუნძული
- German: Halbinsel Yucatan
- German: Halbinsel Yukatan
- German: Mayab
- German: Yucal Peten
- German: Yucatan (Halbinsel)
- German: Yucatán
- German: Yucatán (Halbinsel)
- German: Yukatan
- German: Yukatan (Halbinsel)
- Greek: Χερσόνησος Γιουκατάν
- Hakka Chinese: Yû-khà-thán Pan-tó
- Hausa: Yucatán Pan-tó
- Hebrew: חצי-האי יוקטן
- Hebrew: חצי האי יוקטן
- Hindi: युकातान प्रायद्वीप
- Hungarian: Yucatán-félsziget
- Icelandic: Júkatanskagi
- Ido: Yukatan-peninsulo
- Ido: Yukatan
- Indonesian: Semenanjung Yukatan
- Interlingua: Peninsula de Yucatán
- Interlingue: Yucatán
- Italian: Penisola dello Yucatan
- Italian: Penisola dello Yucatán
- Italian: Penisola di Yucatan
- Italian: Penisola di Yucatán
- Japanese: ユカタン半島
- Kazakh: Yukatan Tübegi
- Kazakh: Юкатан Түбегі
- Kazakh: يۋكاتان تۇبەگى
- Kirghiz: Юкатан
- Korean: 유까딴반도
- Korean: 유까딴 반도
- Korean: 유카탄 반도
- Korean: 유카탄반도
- Latin: Paeninsula Yucatanensis
- Latvian: Jukatanas pussala
- Lithuanian: Jukatano pusiasalis
- Low German: Yucatán (Halvinsel)
- Low German: Yucatán
- Macedonian: Јукатан
- Malay: Semenanjung Yucatán
- Marathi: युकातान द्वीपकल्प
- Mazanderani: یوکاتان
- Mazanderani: یوکاتان جزیرهمونا
- Mingrelian: იუკატანიშ ჩქონი
- Mongolian: Юкатан
- Mongolian: Юкатаны хойг
- Northern Frisian: Yucatán (Hualeweilun)
- Northern Frisian: Yucatán
- Norwegian: Yucatán
- Norwegian: Yucatánhalvøya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yucatan-halvøyen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yucatan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yucatanhalvøya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yucatanhalvøyen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yucatán-halvøya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yucatán-halvøyen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yucatán
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yucatánhalvøya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yucatánhalvøyen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yukatanhalvøya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Yucatanhalvøya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Yucatán-halvøya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Yucatánhalvøya
- Occitan (post 1500): Peninsula de Yucatan
- Persian: شبه جزیره یوکاتان
- Persian: شبهجزیرهٔ یوکاتان
- Persian: شبهجزیره یوکاتان
- Polish: Jukatan
- Polish: Półwysep Jukatan
- Portuguese: Península Yucatán
- Portuguese: Península de Iucatã
- Portuguese: Península de Iucatão
- Portuguese: Península de Yucatan
- Portuguese: Península de Yucatán
- Portuguese: Península do Iucatã
- Portuguese: Península do Iucatão
- Portuguese: Península do Yucatán
- Quechua: Yukatan yaqa wat'a
- Romanian: Peninsula Yucatan
- Romanian: Peninsula Yucatán
- Russian: Юкатан
- Saterfriesisch: Yucatán
- Scots: Yucatán Peninsula
- Serbian: Jukatan
- Serbian: Yucatán
- Serbian: Јукатан
- Serbian: Полуострво Јукатан
- Serbo-Croatian: Jukatan
- Serbo-Croatian: Yucatan
- Serbo-Croatian: Yucatán
- Slovak: Yucatán
- Slovak: Yucatánsky polostrov
- Slovenian: Jukatan
- Slovenian: Polotok Jukatan
- Spanish: Peninsula de Yucatan
- Spanish: Peninsula de Yucatán
- Spanish: Peninsula del Yucatan
- Spanish: Peninsula del Yucatán
- Spanish: Península de Yucatan
- Spanish: Península de Yucatán
- Spanish: Península del Yucatan
- Spanish: Península del Yucatán
- Spanish: península de Yucatán
- Swahili: Rasi ya Yucatan
- Swedish: Yucatan
- Swedish: Yucatan Peninsula
- Swedish: Yucatanhalvön
- Swedish: Yucatán
- Swedish: Yucatánhalvön
- Swedish: Yucatán halvön
- Swedish: Yukatan
- Tamil: யுகடான் தீபகற்பம்
- Tatar: Юкатан
- Thai: คาบสมุทรยูกาตัน
- Turkish: Yucatan Yarımadası
- Turkish: Yucatán Yarımadası
- Turkish: Yukatan Yarımadası
- Ukrainian: Півострів Юкатан
- Ukrainian: Юкатан
- Urdu: جزیرہ نما یوکاتان
- Urdu: یوکاتان
- Uzbek: Yukatan
- Venetian: penìzoła del Yucatán
- Vietnamese: Bán đảo Yucatan
- Vietnamese: Bán đảo Yucatán
- Waray (Philippines): Rawis han Yucatán
- Welsh: Penrhyn Yucatan
- Welsh: Penrhyn Yucatán
- Welsh: Yucatán
- Western Frisian: Jûkatan (skiereilân)
- Western Frisian: Jûkatan
- Wu Chinese: 尤卡坦半岛
- Yakut: Үкатан
- Yue Chinese: 尤卡坦半島
- Peninsula of Yucatan
- Peninsulo Yukatan
- Tlālyacatl Yucatán
- Tlālyacatl Yucatān
- Yucatan tlalyacatl
- Юкатан түбегі
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