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Isla Contoy is a small island in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, approximately 30 kilometers north of Isla Mujeres. [2] [3] The island is only 8.5 km (5.3 mi) in length and has an area of 3.17 square kilometres (1.22 sq mi).
Chetumal — the capital city of Quintana Roo state in southeastern Mexico. Located on the Mexican Gulf Coast and the eastern Yucatán Peninsula. Subcategories.
Chetumal has become known for its traditional wood buildings, few of which survive. In Pre-Columbian times, a city called Chactemal (sometimes rendered as "Chetumal" in early European sources), probably today's Santa Rita in Belize, [6] [7] was the capital of a Maya state of the same name that roughly controlled the southern quarter of modern Quintana Roo and the northeast portion of Belize.
Chetumal, or the Province of Chetumal (/ ˌ tʃ ɛ t ʊ ˈ m ɑː l / che-tuu-MAHL, Yucatec Mayan: u kuchkabal Chetumal, Mayan pronunciation: [u kutʃkaˈbal tʃetuˈmal]), was a Postclassic Maya state of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Maya Lowlands.
The mouth of Chetumal Bay is directed southward and buffered by the large Belizean island of Ambergris Caye. Corozal Bay is a smaller inland inlet, that extends to the southwest in the upper region of Chetumal Bay. It is named after the town of Corozal on it. Chetumal is a major city on the bay, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
It had a 2020 census population of 233,648 people. Its municipal seat is the city of Chetumal, which also serves as the state capital. The municipality is named after Othón P. Blanco Núñez de Cáceres. The municipal government is headed by the municipal president of Othón P. Blanco (mayor of Othón P. Blanco, aka mayor of Chetumal).
Kohunlich (X-làabch'e'en in Modern Mayan) is a large archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located on the Yucatán Peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo about 25 km east of the Rio Bec region, and about 65 km west of Chetumal on Highway 186, and 9 km south of the road. The original name of the site is unknown.
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (April 16, 1919 – April 16, 2013) [1] was a Mexican late twentieth century architect.He was born in Mexico City.He was persuaded to study architecture by writer and poet Carlos Pellicer.