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Yucatan

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Yucatán 

a state in southeastern Mexico, in the northern part of the Yucatán Peninsula. Area, 43,400 sq km. Population, 904,000 (1976). The capital is Mérida. Yucatán’s agriculture is dominated by the cultivation of henequén; tropical and subtropical fruits are also grown. Industry includes henequén processing, food processing, metalworking, and the production of textiles, leather goods, and footwear. Henequén is exported through the port city of Progreso.
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It is not only absurd, it's cruel, to expect you to ransack old newspapers for discoveries in Yucatan, from the time when Stephens published his 'Travels in Central America'--nearly forty years since
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