Municipalities of Quintana Roo


is a state in Southeast Mexico that is divided into eleven municipalities. Puerto Morelos, Tulum and Bacalar are the newest municipalities.
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. Bacalar was split off from Othón P. Blanco in February 2011. And in 2016, Puerto Morelos was split off from Benito Juárez.
Municipalities in Quintana Roo are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors. Municipalities are responsible for public services, street lighting, public safety, traffic, supervision of slaughterhouses and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.
While the population figures below are from 2010, they have been adjusted for the creation of the municipalities of Bacalar in 2011 and Puerto Morelos in 2016.

INEGI codeMunicipalityMunicipal seatPopulation
23001CozumelSan Miguel de Cozumel79,535
23002Felipe Carrillo PuertoFelipe Carrillo Puerto75,026
23003Isla MujeresIsla Mujeres16,203
23004Othón P. BlancoChetumal244,553
23005Benito JuárezCancún645,451
23006José María MorelosJosé María Morelos36,179
23007Lázaro CárdenasKantunilkín25,333
23008SolidaridadPlaya del Carmen159,310
23009TulumTulum28,263
23010BacalarBacalar11,084
23011Puerto MorelosPuerto Morelos15,725