Izamal

Izamal is a small city in , about 70 km east of the capital, Mérida. It has deep roots in the Mayan and Spanish colonial past, with impressive historic architecture. By local tradition, most buildings are painted yellow.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kinich Kakmó.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sitilpech.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 7 km east of Izamal.

Izamal

Latitude
20.9334° or 20° 56′ 0″ north
Longitude
-89.0183° or 89° 1′ 6″ west
Population
17,800
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
76GGWXMJ+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 321796693
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3526662
Wiki­data ID
Q1020762
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Izamal” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Izamal
  • Arabic: إسامال
  • Asturian: Izamal
  • Basque: Izamal
  • Bengali: ইসামাল
  • Breton: Izamal
  • Catalan: Izamal
  • Cebuano: Izamal
  • Chinese: 伊萨马尔
  • Chinese: 艾扎马
  • Croatian: Izamal
  • Danish: Izamal
  • Dutch: Izamal (plaats)
  • Dutch: Izamal
  • Esperanto: Izamal
  • Estonian: Izamal
  • Finnish: Izamal
  • French: Izamal
  • Galician: Izamal
  • German: Izamal
  • Greek: Ίζαμαλ
  • Gujarati: ઇઝામલ
  • Hindi: इज़ामल
  • Hungarian: Izamal
  • Icelandic: Izamal
  • Indonesian: Izamal
  • Irish: Izamal
  • Italian: Izamal
  • Japanese: イサマル
  • Japanese: イツマル
  • Javanese: Izamal
  • Kannada: ಇಝಾಮಾಲ್
  • Korean: 이사말
  • Latvian: Izamala
  • Lithuanian: Izamal
  • Low German: Izamal
  • Lower Sorbian: Izamal
  • Luxembourgish: Izamal
  • Malay: Izamal
  • Marathi: इझामल
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Izamal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Izamal
  • Norwegian: Izamal
  • Occitan (post 1500): Izamal
  • Pennsylvania German: Izamal
  • Polish: Izamal
  • Portuguese: Izamal
  • Romanian: Izamal
  • Russian: Исамаль
  • Saterfriesisch: Izamal
  • Scots: Izamal
  • Serbian: Изамал
  • Serbo-Croatian: Izamal, Yucatán
  • Serbo-Croatian: Izamal
  • Sinhala: ඉසාමල්
  • Spanish: Izamal
  • Swedish: Izamal
  • Tagalog: Izamal
  • Tamil: இசாமல்
  • Telugu: ఇజ్మాల్
  • Thai: อิซามาล
  • Turkish: Izamal
  • Ukrainian: Ісамаль
  • Upper Sorbian: Izamal
  • Urdu: یزامال
  • Vietnamese: Izamal
  • Waray (Philippines): Izamal
  • Yoruba: Izamal
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