| Official Name: | Benito Juarez |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Flag Size: | 120x80px |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 100x80px |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Benito Juarez in Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 21°N -87°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1975[1] |
| Named For: | Benito Juárez |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Cancun |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | Ana Patricia Peralta de la Peña (MORENA) |
| Elevation M: | 10 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 911,503 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Seat |
| Population Blank1: | 888,797 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Area Total Km2: | 930.7 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 23005 |
Benito Juárez is one of the eleven municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Most of its population reside in the municipal seat, Cancún. It is named after the 19th century president and statesman Benito Juárez.
Benito Juárez is located in the north of the state with the Caribbean Sea as its eastern border. It borders on the municipalities of Isla Mujeres to the north, Puerto Morelos to the south, and Lázaro Cárdenas to the west. The municipality covers an area which is 3.72% of the territory of the state.
The 2020 census enumerated 295 populated localities and 272 unpopulated localities. The largest are as follows:[2]
| Community | Population (2010) | |
|---|---|---|
| align=center | 888,797 | |
| align=center | 19,789 | |
| Lagos del Sol | align=center | 1'021 |
| El Porvenir | align=center | 625 |
| Colonia Chiapaneca Siglo XXI | align=center | 281 |
| Entire municipality | 911,503 |
Puerto Juárez, the primary location of the original population of the area before the founding of the city of Cancún, was considered a separate location from 1960 until 1990, when it was abolished as such and incorporated as one of Cancún's districts.
The Mayan culture occupied the territory and they are still subsisting. In Cancún are different types of archeological monuments like "Ruinas de el Rey". At the time the town of Cancún was founded (1902) the majority of its business activity was the production and export gum and "palo de tinte". They transported it to Puerto Morelos for the translation to Cozumel and from there it was exported to other countries.
After World War II gum production dropped. In the 1960s, other commercial activities were started. In the 1960s the "island of Cancún" was only occupied at certain times of the year,[3] however by 1974 the first hotel was opened in what is now known as the Hotel Zone. This was also the year Quintana Roo that was recognized as a state. At the time Benito Juarez was founded, it was part the Isla Mujeres territory and received municipality status one year later in 1975.[4]
In 2016, the municipality of Puerto Morelos was split off from Benito Juárez.
The principal businesses in this municipality are hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and tourist transportation.
Economic activities:[5]
Mayors (Municipal Presidents):