Official Name: | Felipe Carrillo Puerto |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 120x80px |
Blank Emblem Size: | 100x80px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Seat: | Felipe Carrillo Puerto |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Leader Name: | C. Gabriel Carballo Tadeo |
Area Total Km2: | 13806 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 41230 |
Population Demonym: | Carrilloportense |
Timezone: | Eastern Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 19.5833°N -91°W |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 23002 |
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (or simply Carrillo Puerto) is a municipality in the south-central part of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The municipal seat is the city of the same name. It was named after the assassinated local politician Felipe Carrillo Puerto. According to the census, the municipality's population was inhabitants, living on an area of .[2]
The municipality borders Tulum Municipality to the north, Othón P. Blanco to the south, José María Morelos to the west, as well as Valladolid, Chichimilá, and Tixcacalcupul in the state of Yucatán to the northwest.
There were 216 populated localities (localidades) enumerated during the 2010 census, in addition to 167 unpopulated localities. The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[2]
Name | Population (2010 census) | |
---|---|---|
25,744 | ||
4,994 | ||
4,644 | ||
3,095 | ||
2,753 | ||
2,045 | ||
1,422 | ||
X-Pichil | 1,470 | |
Polyuc | 1,226 | |
Dzulá | 1,223 | |
Santa Rosa Segundo | 1,068 | |
Presidente Juárez | 1,004 | |
X-Yatil | 945 | |
Laguna Kaná | 914 | |
Yaxley | 600 | |
574 | ||
Total municipality | 75,026 |
XENKA-AM, a government-run indigenous community radio station, is based in Felipe Carrillo Puerto.