Isla Mujeres (municipality)
Isla Mujeres | |||
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Municipality | |||
Municipal hall on Isla Mujeres
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{{#property:P242}} Location of the Municipality in the State |
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Location within Mexico | |||
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Country | [[{{#property:P17}}]] | ||
State | [[{{#property:P131}}]] | ||
Municipal seat | Isla Mujeres | ||
Government | |||
• Municipal President[1] | Hugo Sánchez Montalvo | ||
Area[2] | |||
• Municipality | 1,100 km2 (400 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) | ||
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• Municipality | {{#property:P1,082}} | ||
• Urban | 15,295 | ||
Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | ||
INEGI Code | 23003 | ||
Website | {{ |
Isla Mujeres (Spanish pronunciation: ['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 Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 584: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). census, the town had a population of {{#property:P1082}} inhabitants.[3]
Towns and villages
The municipality consists of a total of 143 localities. The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[3]
Name | Population (2010 Census) |
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Isla Mujeres |
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Zona Urbana Ejido Isla Mujeres |
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Francisco May |
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Punta Sam |
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Total municipality | 16,203 |
Demographics
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
1995 | 8,750 | — |
2000 | 11,313 | +5.27% |
2005 | 13,315 | +3.31% |
2010 | 16,203 | +4.00% |
Source: INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía[4] |
References
- ↑ [1] Official Website for Isla Mujeres
- ↑ Quintana Roo Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 2010 census tables: INEGI
- ↑ INEGI. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Censo de Población y Vivienda 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010.
External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website