Municipalities of Quintana Roo

The Mexican State of Quintana Roo is made up of 10 municipalities (municipios): Tulum and Bacalar are the newest municipalities.^[1] The state was created from the Quintana Roo Territory in 1974 with seven municipios. Solidaridad was formed in 1993 by act of the Congress of Quintana Roo. Tulum was split off from Solidaridad in March 2008.^[2] Bacalar was split off from Othón P. Blanco in February 2011.^[1] While the population figures below are from 2010,^[3] they have been adjusted for the creation of the municipality of Bacalar in 2011.

INEGI code	Municipality	Municipal seat	Municipality pop.[3][4]
001	Cozumel	San Miguel de Cozumel	79,535
002	Felipe Carrillo Puerto	Felipe Carrillo Puerto	75,026
003	Isla Mujeres	Isla Mujeres	16,203
004	Othón P. Blanco	Chetumal	244,553
005	Benito Juárez	Cancún	661,176
006	José María Morelos	José María Morelos	36,179
007	Lázaro Cárdenas	Kantunilkín	25,333
008	Solidaridad	Playa del Carmen	159,310
009	Tulum	Tulum	28,263
010	Bacalar	Bacalar

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Silvia Hernández (February 2, 2011). "Bacalar, el décimo municipio de Q. Roo". El Universal. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/742032.html. Retrieved 05-02-2011. 
2. ^ "Discuten por nuevo municipio - Riviera Maya" (in Spanish). http://www.noticaribe.com.mx/rivieramaya/2008/02/discuten_por_nuevo_municipio.html. Retrieved 2011-04-16. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010" (HTML). http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/mexicocifras/default.aspx?src=462&ent=23. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
4. ^ "Discuten por nuevo municipio" (HTML). http://www.noticaribe.com.mx/rivieramaya/2008/02/discuten_por_nuevo_municipio.html. Retrieved 2009-11-05.