Merida
Mérida has the one of the largest centro historico districts of any city in the Americas (surpassed only by Mexico City and Havana, Cuba). It was built on the site of the Maya city of T'ho (also known as Ichcaanzihó) which had been a center of Mayan culture and activity for centuries. Because of this, many historians consider Mérida the oldest continually-occupied city in the Americas. Late in the 19th century and the early 20th Century, the area surrounding Mérida prospered from the production of henequén (known as sisal in English). At one time, around the turn of the 20th Century, it is said that Mérida had more millionaires than any other city in the world, the result of this concentration of wealth can still be seen today in Mérida.
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