Municipio Isla Mujeres

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Isla Mujeres
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Quintana Roo
Seat Isla Mujeres
surface 955.9 km²
Residents 16,203 (2010)
density 16.9 inhabitants per km²
founding 1975
Website islamujeres.gob.mx/
INEGI no. 23003
politics
Presidente municipal Agapito Magaña Sánchez
Palacio Municipal of Isla Mujeres
Palacio Municipal of Isla Mujeres

Coordinates: 21 ° 18 ′  N , 87 ° 0 ′  W

Isla Mujeres is a municipality in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo . The seat of the municipality is the Isla Mujeres of the same name . The municipality had 16,203 inhabitants in 2010, its area is 955.9 km².

geography

The municipality Isla Mujeres is located in the extreme northeast of the state of Quintana Roo between sea level and 100  m . It belongs to the physiographic province of the Yucatán peninsula , more precisely to the sub-province of the Yucatec Karst . Geologically, the municipality is dominated by limestone , the predominant soil type is the Leptosol . More than 60% of the municipality is occupied by rainforests, the rest are mainly mangrove swamps.

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

places

According to the 2010 census, the municipality Isla Mujeres comprises 104 inhabited localidades , the INEGI classifies the main town Isla Mujeres, which has been the only place on the island of the same name since the incorporation of all other settlements in 2011, as well as Zona Urbana Ejido Isla Mujeres on the mainland in the metropolitan area of Cancun . Apart from these two places, only three places had a population of over 50 in the 2010 census.

place Residents Isla Mujeres - Localidades.png
Isla Mujeres 12,642
Zona Urbana Ejido Isla Mujeres 02,653
Francisco May 00.223
Punta Sam 00.081
Boca Iglesia 00.057

Web links

Commons : Municipio Isla Mujeres  - Collection of images, videos and audio files