Quintana Roo (State)

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Quintana Roo
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Capital Chetumal
surface 50,212 km² (rank 19 )
population 1,325,578 (Rank 26 )
Population density 26.4 inhabitants per km²
(2010 census)
governor Carlos Joaquín González ( PRD )
(2016-2022)Template: future / in 2 years
Federal MPs Morena = 3
PES = 1
(4 federal constituencies)
Senators Morena = 2
PAN = 1
ISO 3166-2 MX-ROO
Postal abbreviation QR
Website www.quintanaroo.gob.mx

Quintana Roo [ kinˈtana ˈro ], officially Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo ( Spanish Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo ) is a state of Mexico with 1,325,578 inhabitants (2010).

Quintana Roo has an area of ​​50,212 km² and was founded, together with Baja California Sur , as the last state of Mexico for the time being on October 8, 1974 from the territory of the same name, Quintana Roo. The state was named after Andrés Quintana Roo , a freedom poet.

Capital is at the border to the far south of the country Belize lying Chetumal . The largest and most famous city, however, is Cancún in the far northeast.

geography

Quintana Roo is elongated on the Caribbean coast on the Yucatán peninsula . It borders Belize to the south and the states of Yucatán and Campeche to the west . The land is flat and mostly covered with rainforests , the density of which increases towards the south.

Until Cancún was founded in the 1970s, Quintana Roo was the poorest state in Mexico; today it is the one with the highest population growth rate. From 1984 (304,000) to 2005 (1,135,000), the population almost quadrupled. In 2005, 60% of the population lived in the two major tourist centers of Cancun and Playa del Carmen.

Biggest cities

city Population 2000
(census) 		Population 2005
(census) 		Population 2010
(census)
Cancun 397.191 526.701 628.306
Chetumal 121,602 136,825 151.243
Playa del Carmen 043,613 154.197 149.923
Cozumel 059,225 073.193 077,236
Felipe Carrillo Puerto 018,545 023,109 025,744
Tulum ? 014,790 018,233
Alfredo V. Bonfil ? 013,822 014,900
Isla Mujeres 010,024 012,491 012,642
José María Morelos ? 010,424 011,750
Bacalar ? 009,833 011,048

Political structure

Municipios of Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo is divided into eleven Municipios .

INEGI no. Municipio Seat of the municipality Area
km²		 Residents
2010
001 Cozumel Cozumel 00.489.5 079,535
002 Felipe Carrillo Puerto Felipe Carrillo Puerto 13,191.2 075,026
003 Isla Mujeres Isla Mujeres 00.955.9 016,203
004 Othon P. Blanco Chetumal 16,005.3 1 244,553 1
005 Benito Juarez Cancun 02,107.0 1 661,176 1
006 José María Morelos José María Morelos 04,677.8 036,179
007 Lázaro Cárdenas Kantunilkín 03,344.5 025,333
008 Solidaridad Playa del Carmen 02,121.5 159,310
009 Tulum Tulum 02,024.1 028,263
010 Bacalar Bacalar 00,000.0 1 000,000 1
011 Puerto Morelos Puerto Morelos 00,000.0 1 000,000 1
1The Municipio Bacalar was created in 2011 from parts of the Municipio Othón P. Blanco, the Municipio Puerto Morelos from parts of the Municipio Benito Juárez in 2015. For the two new municipalities there are therefore no data from the INEGI , whereas the data for the municipalities Benito Juárez and Othón P. Blanco are still based on their old dimensions.

population

year population
1990 493.277
1995 703.536
2000 874.963
2005 1,135,309
2010 1,325,578
2014 1,501,562

history

Quintana Roo was part of the state of Yucatán until 1902 and shares its history. The indigenous population is made up of Mayans . The Mayans colonized Yucatán at least since the first century AD, later the Mayan advanced civilizations with important city-states also developed on the Yucatán. Spain conquered the area in the 16th century, and in the 19th century the peninsula became part of the state of Mexico, which was independent from Spain. The Maya people tried to gain independence from Mexico in the Caste War from 1847 to 1901, but the uprising was crushed by Mexican troops . The center of the resistance struggle was the city of Chan Santa Cruz , today Felipe Carrillo Puerto . After the conquest of Chan Santa Cruz by Mexico in 1901, the area was spun off from the state of Yucatán under the name Quintana Roo in 1902 and administered militarily. Nevertheless, the conflict in the Quintana Roo area continued to smolder until 1935. Quintana Roo has been a separate state since 1974.

Attractions

The most famous sights are the Mayan ruins of Tulum and Cobá . There are also Mayan sites in El Meco , Cancun , Xcaret , Xel Há and Muyil, among others . The cenotes , in which you can sometimes swim, are worth seeing , as are the lagoons of Akumal and Bacalar .

South of Tulum is the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve on the Caribbean coast, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987 . A wide variety of habitats with a rich flora and fauna can be found on an area of ​​5,280 km². The reserve extends over the mainland, freshwater and saltwater lagoons as well as coastal and marine areas, including the offshore reef .

tourism

Cancun

Thanks to its location on the Caribbean coast , tourism is very important, the area is marketed as the Riviera Maya and offers good conditions for a beach holiday and snorkeling. In addition to older tourist centers such as the island of Cozumel , Cancun , Playa del Carmen and Isla Mujeres are particularly important today . The water amusement parks Xel-Há and Xcaret are also known beyond Mexico .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática
  2. ↑ Mexico: States and Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved July 26, 2018 .

Web links

Coordinates: 19 ° 36 ′  N , 87 ° 55 ′  W