Isla Mujeres Municipality Explained

Official Name:Isla Mujeres
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:120x80px
Image Blank Emblem:Escudo de Isla Mujeres.svg
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:Isla Mujeres
Leader Title:Municipal President[1]
Leader Name:Hugo Sánchez Montalvo
Area Total Km2:1100
Area Footnotes:[2]
Population Urban:15295
Timezone1:Southeastern Time Zone
Utc Offset1:−5
Coordinates:21.2333°N -130°W
Elevation M:1
Blank Name Sec1:INEGI Code
Blank Info Sec1:23003

Isla Mujeres (pronounced as /es/, Spanish for Island of the Women) is one of the eleven municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula. Most of the municipality is located on the mainland in the northeastern corner of the state. Its municipal seat, also called Isla Mujeres, is a small town situated on the island from which it takes its name, about 13km (08miles) northeast of Cancún in the Caribbean Sea. It is the easternmost municipal seat in Mexico. In the census, the town had a population of inhabitants.[3]

Towns and villages

The municipality consists of a total of 143 localities. The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[3]

Name Population
(2010 Census)
Isla Mujeres
Zona Urbana Ejido Isla Mujeres
Francisco May
Punta Sam
Total municipality 16,203

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.islamujeres.gob.mx
  2. http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_qroo Quintana Roo
  3. http://mapserver.inegi.org.mx/mgn2k/?s=geo&c=1223 2010 census tables: INEGI