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]
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 |