Cancún
Cancún | |
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Hotel Zone Kukulcan Boulevard Memorial obelisk San Miguelito ruins Mayan Museum of Cancún Municipal palace Lighthouse El Rey archaeological site | |
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Cancún Location in Mexico Cancún Cancún (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 21°09′38″N 86°50′51″W / 21.16056°N 86.84750°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Quintana Roo |
| Municipality | Benito Juárez |
| Founded | April 20, 1970 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ana Patricia Peralta de la Peña (MORENA) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 142.7 km2 (55.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020[2]) | |
• City | 888,797 |
| • Rank | 14th in Mexico 1st in Quintana Roo |
| • Density | 4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,045,005 |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Metro | US$9.9 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | US$9,600 (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| Postal code | 77500 |
| Area code | 998 |
| Federal Routes | |
| Website | www |
Cancún[a] is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico[5] and the seat of the municipality of Benito Juárez. The city is situated on the Caribbean Sea and is one of Mexico's easternmost points. Cancún is located just north of Mexico's Caribbean coast resort area known as the Riviera Maya. It encompasses the Hotel Zone which is the main area for tourism.[6]
- ^ "Cancun Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)". World Population Review. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ "INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020. Tabulados del Cuestionario Básico – Quintana Roo" [INEGI. 2020 Population and Housing Census. Basic Questionnaire Tabulations – Quintana Roo] (Excel) (in Spanish). INEGI. 2020. pp. 1–4. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ "TelluBase—Mexico Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Cancún". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ^ Es, Eleconomista (February 3, 2007). "OMT concede premio excelencia a la promoción turística de Cancún (México)" [UNWTO awards excellence award for the tourism promotion of Cancun (Mexico)]. El Economista (in Spanish). ES. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ "How Cancún Grew into a Major Resort". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. January 24, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
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