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Isla Mujeres (municipality)

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Country
  
Mexico

Municipal seat
  
Isla Mujeres

INEGI Code
  
23003

State
  
Quintana Roo

Elevation
  
1 m (3 ft)

Isla Mujeres (municipality)

Time zone
  
Southeastern Time Zone (UTC−5)

Isla Mujeres (['izla mu'xeɾes], Spanish for Island of the Women) is one of the ten municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula. Most of the municipality is located on the mainland in the northeastern corner of the state. Its municipal seat, also called Isla Mujeres, is a small town situated on the island from which it takes its name, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of Cancún in the Caribbean Sea. It is the easternmost municipal seat in Mexico. In the 2010 census, the town had a population of 16,203±0 inhabitants.

Contents

Map of Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Towns and villages

The municipality consists of a total of 143 localities. The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:

References

Isla Mujeres (municipality) Wikipedia