Valladolid partnered with Asheville in 2006, and is located midway between Cancun and Merida in Mexico.

Fast Facts

• Population 38,000
• Founded in 1543 by the Spanish, named after the then capital of Spain - Valladolid
• In 1849, it was the ignition point for the 19th century Caste Wars between the surviving Maya and the ruling Spanish authority
• Second largest city in the State of Yucatan and, like Asheville in Western North Carolina, it is the eastern metropolitan hub of the Yucatan with medical services, higher education, and a variety of commercial enterprises.
• Maya culture is very much present with many of the women still wearing the traditional huipil and the maya language still popular.
• The maya ruins of Chichen Itza and Ek Balam are nearby.

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