Municipalities of Quintana Roo

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Quintana Roo is a state in southeast Mexico established out of the Quintana Roo Territory in 1974 with seven municipalities, which has since grown into eleven municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, it has the twenty-fourth largest population of all states with 1,857,985 inhabitants and is the 19th largest by land area spanning 44,705.2 square kilometres (17,260.8 sq mi). [1] [2]

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Municipalities in Quintana Roo are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. [3] Their legal framework derives from the state Constitution. [4] Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system. The president heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos). [5] Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. [6] They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than locally. [6]

As of 2020, the largest municipality by population is Benito Juárez with 911,503 residents while the smallest is Isla Mujeres with 22,686 residents. [1] The largest municipality by land area is Felipe Carrillo Puerto which spans 12,939.30 km2 (4,995.89 sq mi), and the smallest is Cozumel with 488.00 km2 (188.42 sq mi). [2] The newest municipality is Puerto Morelos which was created out of Benito Juárez in 2016. [7]

Municipalities

Map of municipalities of Quintana Roo. 1: Cozumel. 2: Felipe Carrillo Puerto. 3: Isla Mujeres. 4: Othon P. Blanco. 5: Benito Juarez. 6: Jose Maria Morelos. 7: Lazaro Cardenas. 8: Solidaridad. 9: Tulum. 10: Bacalar. 11: Puerto Morelos. Municipios de Quintana Roo.svg
Map of municipalities of Quintana Roo. 1: Cozumel. 2: Felipe Carrillo Puerto. 3: Isla Mujeres. 4: Othón P. Blanco. 5: Benito Juárez. 6: José María Morelos. 7: Lázaro Cárdenas. 8: Solidaridad. 9: Tulum. 10: Bacalar. 11: Puerto Morelos.


†  State capital

Municipalities of Quintana Roo
NameMunicipal seatPopulation
(2020) [1] 		Population
(2010) [8] 		ChangeLand area [2] Population density
(2020)		Incorporation date [9]
km2sq mi
Bacalar [lower-alpha 1] Bacalar 41,754——6,058.52,339.2February 2, 2011 [10]
Benito Juárez Cancún 911,503661,176+37.9%930.7359.3January 12, 1975
Cozumel San Miguel de Cozumel 88,62679,535+11.4%488.0188.4April 21, 1862
Felipe Carrillo Puerto [lower-alpha 2] Felipe Carrillo Puerto 83,99075,026+11.9%12,938.34,995.5February 27, 1904
Isla Mujeres Isla Mujeres 22,68616,203+40.0%862.5333.0July 24, 1867
José María Morelos José María Morelos 39,16536,179+8.3%4,850.01,872.6January 12, 1975
Lázaro Cárdenas Kantunilkín 29,17125,333+15.2%3,593.31,387.4January 12, 1975
Othón P. Blanco [lower-alpha 3] Chetumal †233,648244,553−4.5%9,909.83,826.2February 27, 1904
Puerto Morelos Puerto Morelos 26,921——1,040.5401.7January 6, 2016 [7]
Solidaridad Playa del Carmen 333,800159,310+109.5%2,014.9778.0July 28, 1993
Tulum Tulum 46,72128,263+65.3%2,018.6779.4March 13, 2008 [11]
Quintana Roo —1,857,9851,325,578+40.2%44,705.217,260.8—
Mexico —126,014,024112,336,538+12.2%1,960,646.7757,010—

Notes

  1. ↑ Bacalar previously existed as a municipality from 1825 to 1929 [9] and was recreated in 2011 from the territory of Othón P. Blanco. [10]
  2. ↑ Felipe Carrilo Puerto was originally incorporated as Santa Cruz, changing its name on August 1, 1934. [9]
  3. ↑ Othón P. Blanco was originally incorporated as Payo Obispo, changing its name on January 12, 1975. [9]

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