Tulum Municipality Explained

Official Name:Tulum
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:120x80px
Blank Emblem Size:100x80px
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Seat Type:Municipal seat
Seat:Tulum
Leader Title:Municipal President[1]
Leader Name:Diego Castañón Trejo (desde 2023) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Presidentes_municipales_de_Quintana_Roo_(2021-2024)
Established Title:Established
Area Land Km2:2040
Area Footnotes:[2]
Population Density Km2:13.9
Population Urban:46,721
Population Demonym:Tulumense
Timezone:Eastern Time
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:20.2167°N -115°W
Elevation M:10
Blank Name Sec1:INEGI Code
Blank Info Sec1:23009

Tulum Municipality (Spanish; Castilian: Municipio de Tulum, pronounced as /es/) is one of the eleven municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It became a municipality when it was formed on 13 March 2008, at which time it was separated from Solidaridad Municipality.[3]

Tulum is home to the Maya archaeological sites of Tulum and Cobá.

Geography

The municipality of Tulum borders the municipalities of Solidaridad to the north and Felipe Carrillo Puerto to the south, in the state of Quintana Roo. It also borders Chemax Municipality and Valladolid Municipality in the state of Yucatán on the northwest, and the Caribbean Sea on the east.

Orography and hydrography

Like most of the Yucatan Peninsula Tulum is entirely flat with a gentle slope towards the sea, so from west to east, the area never reaches an altitude higher than above sea level. The municipality is above sea level on average.[4]

Like the rest of the peninsula's surface the land has a limestone base that does not allow the formation of surface water flows such as rivers and streams; the water instead flows in underground rivers that sometimes rise to the surface in the cenotes. Lakes and cenotes are the major bodies of water in the municipality.

Communities

The municipality consists of 170 populated localities, plus an additional 224 unpopulated localities, and includes part of a biosphere reserve (Sian Ka'an, which lies mostly in neighboring Felipe Carrillo Puerto Municipality). The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[5]

Name Population
(2020 census)
Chanchen Primero
Francisco Hu May
San Juan
Macario Gómez
Manuel Antonio Hay
Total municipality 46,721

Demographics

Tulum has 46,721 inhabitants according to the 2020 census, a figure that reflects over five percent annual growth since the last census in 2010.[4] There is an additional 15,000 to 20,000 people living and working in Tulum as part of its floating population. That number rises and falls with the tourist season and is not reflected in the census figures.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipio de Tulum . 2024-06-04 .
  2. Web site: Discuten por nuevo municipio . 2009-11-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081009085231/http://www.noticaribe.com.mx/rivieramaya/2008/02/discuten_por_nuevo_municipio.html . 2008-10-09 .
  3. Web site: Javier Chávez . Tulum se convierte en el noveno municipio de Quintana Roo . 2008-03-13.
  4. Web site: Municipio de Tulum en Quintana Roo . 2011-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324001913/http://www.municipios.mx/Quintana-Roo/Municipio-de-Tulum-en-Quintana-Roo.html . 2012-03-24 . dead .
  5. https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/scitel/consultas/index#}}
  6. Web site: Esperan beneficios presupuestales tras resultados del Censo en Tulum - Riviera Maya . www.noticaribe.com.mx . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722063445/http://www.noticaribe.com.mx/rivieramaya/2010/01/esperan_beneficios_presupuestales_tras_resultados_del_censo_en_tulum.html . 2011-07-22.