- Municipalities of Quintana Roo
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The Mexican State of Quintana Roo is made up of 10 municipalities (municipios): Tulum and Bacalar are the newest municipalities.[1] The state was created from the Quintana Roo Territory in 1974 with seven municipios. Solidaridad was formed in 1993 by act of the Congress of Quintana Roo. Tulum was split off from Solidaridad in March 2008.[2] Bacalar was split off from Othón P. Blanco in February 2011.[1] While the population figures below are from 2010,[3] they have been adjusted for the creation of the municipality of Bacalar in 2011.
INEGI code Municipality Municipal seat Municipality pop.[3][4] 001 Cozumel San Miguel de Cozumel 79,535 002 Felipe Carrillo Puerto Felipe Carrillo Puerto 75,026 003 Isla Mujeres Isla Mujeres 16,203 004 Othón P. Blanco Chetumal 244,553 005 Benito Juárez Cancún 661,176 006 José María Morelos José María Morelos 36,179 007 Lázaro Cárdenas Kantunilkín 25,333 008 Solidaridad Playa del Carmen 159,310 009 Tulum Tulum 28,263 010 Bacalar Bacalar References
- ^ a b Silvia Hernández (February 2, 2011). "Bacalar, el décimo municipio de Q. Roo". El Universal. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/742032.html. Retrieved 05-02-2011.
- ^ "Discuten por nuevo municipio - Riviera Maya" (in Spanish). http://www.noticaribe.com.mx/rivieramaya/2008/02/discuten_por_nuevo_municipio.html. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- ^ a b "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010" (HTML). http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/mexicocifras/default.aspx?src=462&ent=23. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ^ "Discuten por nuevo municipio" (HTML). http://www.noticaribe.com.mx/rivieramaya/2008/02/discuten_por_nuevo_municipio.html. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
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