state of Quintana Roo

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The state of Quintana Roo is a Mexican Caribbean coastal state best known for its resort cities like Cancún and Playa del Carmen, the Riviera Maya tourist corridor, and numerous Maya archaeological sites.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Quintana Roo 0
State of Quintana Roo 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal state
federal state of Mexico
bordersBodyOfWater Caribbean Sea
bordersCountry Belize NERFINISHED
Guatemala NERFINISHED
bordersState Campeche state
surface form: Campeche

Yucatán state
surface form: Yucatán
capital Chetumal
containsArchaeologicalSite Cobá
Dzibanché
Kohunlich
Tulum
surface form: Tulum archaeological site
containsCity Cancún
Chetumal
Cozumel
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
surface form: Playa del Carmen

Tulum
containsIsland Cozumel
Isla Holbox
Isla Mujeres
containsMunicipality Benito Juárez Municipality
Cozumel
surface form: Cozumel Municipality

Othón P. Blanco Municipality
Solidaridad Municipality
Tulum
surface form: Tulum Municipality
containsProtectedArea Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve
Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
containsTouristDestination Cancún
Cozumel
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
surface form: Playa del Carmen

Tulum
containsTouristRegion Riviera Maya region
surface form: Riviera Maya
country Mexico
countrySubdivisionOf Mexico
establishedAsState 1974
hasAirport Cancún International Airport
Chetumal International Airport
Cozumel International Airport
hasClimate tropical climate
hasCoastlineOn Caribbean Sea
hasMajorEconomicSector services industry
tourism
ISO3166-2Code MX-ROO
knownFor Maya archaeological sites
beach tourism
resort cities
largestCity Cancún
locatedInRegion Yucatán Peninsula
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Standard Time (Caribbean)
surface form: Eastern Standard Time
locatedOnCoastOf Caribbean Sea
namedAfter Andrés Quintana Roo
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Caribbean
surface form: Mexican Caribbean
previousStatus Mexican federal territory
recognizedIndigenousLanguage Mayan languages
surface form: Yucatec Maya

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Yucatán Peninsula contains state of Quintana Roo
Republic of Yucatán locatedInPresentDay state of Quintana Roo
this entity surface form: State of Quintana Roo