Municipio Benito Juarez (Quintana Roo)

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Benito Juarez
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Quintana Roo
Seat Cancun
surface 2107 km²
Residents 661,176 (2010)
density 313.8 inhabitants per km²
founding 1975
Website www.cancun.gob.mx/
INEGI no. 23005
politics
Presidente municipal Paul Michell Carrillo de Cáceres
Palacio Municipal in Cancun
Palacio Municipal in Cancun

Coordinates: 21 ° 9 ′  N , 87 ° 0 ′  W

Benito Juárez is a municipality in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo . The seat of the municipality is Cancun . The community had 661,176 inhabitants in 2010, its area is 2107 km² .

geography

The municipality of Benito Juárez is located in the northeast of the state of Quintana Roo between sea level and 100  m in the physiographic province of the Yucatán peninsula or in the physiographic sub-province of the Yucatec Karst. Geologically, the municipality is dominated by limestone , the predominant soil type is the Leptosol . 85% of the municipality is occupied by rainforests.

The municipality of Benito Juárez borders the municipalities Lázaro Cárdenas , Isla Mujeres and Solidaridad as well as the Caribbean .

places

According to the 2010 census, the municipality of Benito Juárez comprises 295 inhabited localidades ; the INEGI classifies the capital Cancún as well as Alfredo V. Bonfil, Puerto Morelos and Leona Vicario as urban. In the 2010 census, eight towns had a population of over 50.

place Residents Benito Juarez QR localidades.svg
Cancun 628.306
Alfredo V. Bonfil 014,900
Puerto Morelos 009,188
Leona Vicario 006,517
El Porvenir 000.505
Colonia Chiapaneca Siglo XXI 000.275
Lagos del Sol 000.156
Nueva Jerusalem 000.071

Web links

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