What is Republic of Yucatán?
{{Infobox country | native_name = {{native name|es|República de Yucatán}} | conventional_long_name = Republic of Yucatán | common_name = Yucatán | government_type = [[Republic]] | event_start = Independence | year_start = 1841 | date_start = March 16 | year_end = 1848 | date_end = July 14 | p1 = Yucatán (state) | flag_p1 = Flag of Mexico (1823-1864, 1867-1893).svg | s1 = Yucatán | flag_s1 = Flag of Mexico (1823-1864, 1867-1893).svg | s2 = Chan Santa Cruz | image_flag = Flag of the Republic of Yucatan.svg | image_coat = Seal of the Republic of Yucatán.svg | symbol_type = Seal | image_map = Republic of Yucatan (orthographic projection).svg | image_map_size = 250px | capital = [[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]] | common_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ([[de facto]]) <br /> [[Yucatec Maya language|Yucatec Maya]] | religion = [[Roman Catholic]] | currency = [[Peso|Mexican Peso]] ($) | today = [[Mexico]]<br />[[Belize]] | leader1 = [[Santiago Méndez]] | leader2 = [[Miguel Barbachano]] | year_leader1 = 1840–1844 (first) | year_leader2 = 1847–1848 (last) | title_leader = [[List of Presidents of the Republic of Yucatán|President]] }}The '''Republic of Yucatán''' was a [[sovereign state]] during two periods of the nineteenth century. They joined the Mexican federation as the '''Federated Republic of Yucatán''' on December 23, 1823, less than seven months later. The second Republic of Yucatán began in 1841, with its declaration of independence from the [[Centralist Republic of Mexico]] after that they joined [[Mexico]]. The area of the former republic includes the modern Mexican states of [[Yucatán (state)|Yucatán]], [[Campeche]] and [[Quintana Roo]]. It ended in