Quintana Roo
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Quintana Roo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 municipalities, and its capital city is Chetumal.
Tulum - Temple of the Wind God
The city of Cancún is a major tourist resort in Quintana Roo
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Municipalities of Quintana Roo
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Quintana Roo is a state in southeast Mexico established out of the Quintana Roo Territory in 1974 with seven municipalities, which has since grown into eleven municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, it has the twenty-fourth largest population of all states with 1,857,985 inhabitants and is the 19th largest by land area spanning 44,705.2 square kilometres (17,260.8 sq mi).
Benito Juárez, the municipality containing Cancún, is the largest municipality by population in Quintana Roo.
Solidaridad, second largest municipality by population
Othón P. Blanco is the third largest municipality by population and contains the state capital.
Cozumel is the fourth largest municipality by population.