Lázaro Cárdenas, Quintana Roo
Lázaro Cárdenas | |||
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Kantunil Kin central plaza
Kantunil Kin central plaza
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{{#property:P242}} Location of Lázaro Cárdenas in Quintana Roo |
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Location within Mexico | |||
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Country | [[{{#property:P17}}]] | ||
State | [[{{#property:P131}}]] | ||
Named for | [[{{#property:P138}}]] | ||
Municipal seat | Kantunilkín | ||
Government[1] | |||
• Municipal President | Clementino Angulo Cupul | ||
Area | |||
• Municipality | 3,881 km2 (1,498 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) | ||
Population (Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 584: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).)[2] | |||
• Municipality | {{#property:P1,082}} | ||
• Urban | 7,150 | ||
Time zone | Central Standard Time (UTC-6) | ||
• Summer (DST) | Central Daylight Time (UTC-5) | ||
INEGI Code | 23007 | ||
Website | {{ |
Lázaro Cárdenas (Spanish <phonos file="LazaroCardenas Pronunciation.ogg">[ˈlasaɾo ˈkardenas]</phonos>) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Its municipal seat is the town of Kantunilkín, which was founded on 10 October 1859.[1] Its borders are, to the west, the municipalities of Tizimín and Chemax in the state of Yucatán, to the east the municipalities of Isla Mujeres and Benito Juárez, and to the south Solidaridad.
It is named after Lázaro Cárdenas del Río who was President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.
Geography
Like most of the Yucatan Peninsula, Lázaro Cárdenas is entirely flat with a gentle slope towards the sea, so from west to east.
Like the rest of the peninsula's surface, the land has a limestone base that does not allow the formation of surface water flows such as rivers and streams, the water instead forms flows in underground rivers that sometimes rise to the surface in the cenotes. Lakes and cenotes are the major bodies of water in the municipality.
Communities
The municipality is made up of 82 populated localities (localidades), as well as 81 unpopulated localities. The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[2]
Name | Population (2010 Census) |
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Kantunilkín | 7,150 |
Ignacio Zaragoza | 2,213 |
Holbox | 1,486 |
Chiquilá | 1,466 |
Nuevo Valladolid | 1,294 |
Nuevo Xcán | 1,130 |
El Tintal | 1,074 |
San Ángel | 1,041 |
El Ideal | 818 |
Solferino | 799 |
San Francisco | 767 |
El Cedral | 752 |
Total municipality | 25,333 |
Other communities:
- Nuevo Durango (pop. 225)
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Ignacio Zaragoza
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Nuevo Valladolid QR.JPG
Nuevo Valladolid
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Nuevo X-Can
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El Tintal
Demographics
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
1995 | 18,307 | — |
2000 | 20,411 | +2.20% |
2005 | 22,434 | +1.91% |
2010 | 25,333 | +2.46% |
Source: INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía[3] |
References
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