Mérida Municipality is one of the 106
municipalities in the
Mexican state of
Yucatán containing (858.41 km
2) of land with the head or seat being the city of
Mérida. Because the archaeological remains of the Maya reminded the Spaniards of the ancient city of
Mérida, Spain, which was marked by Roman archaeological sites, they renamed the site of T-hó after the Spanish city.