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Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo, also called the Mexican Caribbean, is a state of that is part of the . Its shoreline along the Caribbean has grown in just a few decades into a major tourism destination.
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is a popular Caribbean tourist destination on the northeast tip of 's Yucatán Peninsula, in Quintana Roo, which also is called the Mexican Caribbean.

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is the capital of Quintana Roo in Mexico's . It is on the Bay of , a sheltered inlet of the Caribbean Sea at the mouth of the Rio Hondo. This bay, together with the Rio Hondo, forms the border between Mexico and .

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, or just "Playa" as it is also commonly referred to by locals, is a large coastal resort town in Quintana Roo on the of .

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is on the , in . It is one of the earliest resorts in Mexico, offering a place of worship and solitude for the Mayan kings, clergy and gods in early times.

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is a island just off the in southeastern . It has great diving, nice people, safe streets, and prices comparable to other Mexican tourist destinations.

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The is in the Quintana Roo state of . The is part of the Mexican Caribbean coast created and marketed by the state of Quintana Roo to tie the southern part of the state with the more successful and Riviera Maya in the North.

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Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve is an enormous natural protected area in the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula of . Sian Ka'an is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Ramsar wetland. It lies along the Caribbean coast, just south of .

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is in the beach resort area of Cancun on the Caribbean coast of . It is the second busiest airport in Mexico, serving more than 32 million passengers per year.

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is a town in Quintana Roo on the , about 20 km south of . It is a fishing village, and a resort and diving destination.

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Cobá is a large ruined city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is about 90 km east of the Maya site of , about 40 km west of the Caribbean Sea, and 44 km northwest of the site of , with which it is connected by a modern road.

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is an island in the state of Quintana Roo, located on the north coast of the . It is approximately 41.84 kilometres long and 1.5 kilometres wide, and it is separated from the mainland by 10 km of shallow lagoon that is home to flamingos, pelicans and other rich birdlife.

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The is composed of the area just south of the tip of the in . It stretches along 120 km of the Mexican Caribbean coastline in the northeastern part of the Yucatan Peninsula.

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is a city in the municipality of Othón P. Blancothe, state of Quintana Roo on the in , a short distance northeast of .

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is a lakeside community in Quintana Roo, . This area, anchored by the stunningly azure blue Lake , has a Yucatan small-village feel and is absent of busloads of tourists.

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is a small town between and on the of . In the heart of the , 37 km from Playa del Carmen and one hour south of Cancun, is one of the best places to visit in the Mexican Caribbean for its great variety of beautiful beaches and tourist services.

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is a large Mayan archaeological site in the Mexican Caribbean coastal state of Quintana Roo. It is a lightly visited site where visitors can take their time to explore and contemplate the site's long-forgotten mysteries.

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is a small sleepy fishing village on the , it is at the southernmost point of the state of Quintana Roo in , near the Belize border.

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is a small fishing village in the state of Quintana Roo in the Si'an Ka'an biosphere, with a friendly atmosphere and a good number of places to stay.

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is a coastal resort area in Quintana Roo on Mexico's . It began life in the late 1990s as developers built luxury beach resorts and golf courses in an area 20 km south of .

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is an island off the northeast coast of the of . The island is a protected nature preserve with restricted access and is a Mexican national park.

Quintana Roo

Latitude of center
19.6667° or 19° 40′ north
Longitude of center
-88.5° or 88° 30′ west
Population
1,860,000
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Abbreviation
“ROO”
Abbreviation
“Q. Roo”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305626621
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3520887
Wiki­data ID
Q80245
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Quintana Roo” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኩንታና ሮ”
  • Arabic: “كينتانا رو”
  • Arabic: “ولاية كوينتانا رو”
  • Arabic: “ولايه كينتانا رو”
  • Aragonese: “Quintana Roo”
  • Armenian: “Կինտանա Ռոո”
  • Aymara: “Quintana Roo Istadu”
  • Balinese: “Quintana Roo”
  • Basque: “Quintana Roo”
  • Belarusian: “Кінтана-Роа”
  • Belarusian: “Кінтана-Роо”
  • Belarusian: “штат Кінтана-Роа”
  • Bengali: “কিন্তানা রো”
  • Breton: “Quintana Roo”
  • Bulgarian: “Кинтана Ро”
  • Bulgarian: “Кинтана Роо”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Quintana Roo”
  • Catalan: “Quintana Roo”
  • Cebuano: “Estado de Quintana Roo”
  • Chechen: “Кинтана-Роо”
  • Cheyenne: “Quintana Roo”
  • Chinese: “Quintana Roo Chiu”
  • Chinese: “金塔納羅奧州”
  • Chinese: “金塔纳·罗奥州”
  • Chinese: “金塔纳罗奥州”
  • Cornish: “Quintana Roo”
  • Croatian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Czech: “Quintana Roo”
  • Danish: “Quintana Roo”
  • Dutch: “Quintana Roo”
  • Esperanto: “Kintanaroo”
  • Esperanto: “Quintana Roo”
  • Estonian: “Quintana Roo osariik”
  • Estonian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Finnish: “Quintana Roo”
  • French: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo”
  • French: “État de Quintana Roo”
  • French: “MX-ROO”
  • French: “Quintana Roo”
  • French: “Quitana Roo”
  • Galician: “Quintana Roo”
  • Georgian: “კინტანა-როო”
  • Georgian: “კინტანა-როოს შტატი”
  • German: “MX-ROO”
  • German: “Quintana Roo”
  • Greek: “Κιντάνα Ρόο”
  • Gujarati: “ક્વિન્ટાના રુ”
  • Haitian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Hebrew: “קינטנה רו”
  • Hebrew: “קינטנה רואו”
  • Hindi: “क्विंटाना रू”
  • Hungarian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Icelandic: “Quintana Roo”
  • Ido: “Quintana Roo”
  • Iloko: “Quintana Roo”
  • Indonesian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Interlingua: “Quintana Roo”
  • Irish: “Quintana Roo”
  • Italian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Japanese: “キンターナ・ロー州”
  • Japanese: “キンタナ・ロー州”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ವಿಂಟಾನಾ ರೂ”
  • Korean: “킨타나로오”
  • Korean: “킨타나로오주”
  • Ladino: “Quintana Roo”
  • Latin: “Quintana Roo”
  • Latin: “Quintana Rooa”
  • Latvian: “Kintana Roo”
  • Lithuanian: “Kintana Ro”
  • Lithuanian: “Kintana Roo valstija”
  • Lithuanian: “Kintana Roo”
  • Macedonian: “Кинтана Ро”
  • Malagasy: “Quintana Roo”
  • Malay: “Quintana Roo”
  • Marathi: “किंताना रू”
  • Marathi: “किंताना रो”
  • Mazanderani: “کینتانا رو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Quintana Roo Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Quintana Roo (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quintana Roo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Quintana Roo”
  • Norwegian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Quintana Roo”
  • Ossetian: “Кинтанæ-Роо”
  • Pampanga: “Quintana Roo”
  • Persian: “کینتانا رو”
  • Piemontese: “Quintana Roo”
  • Polish: “Quintana Roo”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Quintana Roo”
  • Portuguese: “Quintana Roo”
  • Quechua: “Quintana Roo suyu”
  • Romanian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Romansh: “Quintana Roo”
  • Russian: “Кинтана-Роо”
  • Sardinian: “Chintana Ruu”
  • Sardinian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Scots: “Quintana Roo”
  • Serbian: “Estado de Quintana Roo”
  • Serbian: “Држава Кинтана Ро”
  • Serbian: “Кинтана Ро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kintana Ro”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Sinhala: “ක්වින්ටනා රූ ප්‍රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
  • Sinhala: “ක්වින්ටනා රූ”
  • Slovak: “Quintana Roo”
  • Slovenian: “MX-ROO”
  • Slovenian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Quintana Roo”
  • Spanish: “Quintana Roo”
  • Swahili: “Quintana Roo”
  • Swedish: “Quintana Roo”
  • Tagalog: “Quintana Roo”
  • Tajik: “Иёлати Кинтана Роо”
  • Tajik: “Кинтана-Роо”
  • Tamil: “குயின்டனா ரூ”
  • Tatar: “Кинтана-Роо”
  • Telugu: “క్వింటానా రూ”
  • Thai: “Quintana Roo”
  • Thai: “รัฐกินตานาโร”
  • Tumbuka: “Quintana”
  • Turkish: “Quintana Roo”
  • Ukrainian: “Кінтана-Роо”
  • Urdu: “کوینتانا رو”
  • Uzbek: “Kintana-roo”
  • Uzbek: “Kintana-Roo”
  • Venetian: “Quintana Roo”
  • Vietnamese: “Quintana Roo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Quintana Roo”
  • Welsh: “Quintana Roo”
  • Western Panjabi: “کونٹانا رو”
  • Wu Chinese: “金塔纳罗奥州”
  • Yue Chinese: “金塔納羅奧州”
  • “Quintana Roo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Quintana Roo”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.