Tulum Municipality

Tulum
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Location of Tulum Municipality in Quintana Roo
Tulum Location of Tulum Municipality in Quintana Roo
Coordinates: 20°12′43″N 87°27′57″W / 20.21194°N 87.46583°W / 20.21194; -87.46583Coordinates: 20°12′43″N 87°27′57″W / 20.21194°N 87.46583°W / 20.21194; -87.46583
Country	Mexico
State	Quintana Roo
Municipal Seat	Tulum
Government
- Municipal President[1]	Marciano Dzul Caamal
Area[2]
- Land	2,040 km2 (787.6 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (33 ft)
Population (2010)
- Municipality	28,263
- Urban	18,233
- Demonym	Tulumense
Time zone	Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)
INEGI Code	009
Major Airport	Cancún International Airport
IATA Code	CUN
ICAO Code	MMUN
Website	Official Site
Municipalities of Quintana Roo

Tulum is one of the ten municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It became one of the newest municipalities in the country when it was formed on March 13, 2008 as a result of its separation 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 a higher altitude than 25 meters above sea level . The municipality is five meters 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.

Population

Tulum has 28,263 inhabitants according to the 2010 census, a figure that has more than doubled in the last five years. ^[5] 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]

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:^[7]

Name	2010 Census Population
Tulum	18,233
Ciudad Chemuyil	1,377
Akumal	1,310
Cobá	1,278
Chanchen Primero	875
Francisco Uh May	655
San Juan	599
Macario Gómez	510
Chanchén Palmar	469
Javier Rojo Gómez (Punta Allen)	469
Sahcab Mucuy	456
Manuel Antonio Ay	407
Hondzonot	368
Yaxché	335
Total Municipality	28,263

References

1. ^ "Municipio de Tulum" (HTML). http://www.tulum.gob.mx. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
2. ^ "Discuten por nuevo municipio" (HTML). http://www.noticaribe.com.mx/rivieramaya/2008/02/discuten_por_nuevo_municipio.html. Retrieved 2009-11-05. 
3. ^ Javier Chávez. "Tulum se convierte en el noveno municipio de Quintana Roo" (HTML). http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2008/03/13/tulum-se-convierte-en-el-noveno-municipio-de-quintana-roo/?searchterm=Municipio%20de%20Tulum. Retrieved 2008-03-13. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ http://www.municipios.mx/Quintana-Roo/Municipio-de-Tulum-en-Quintana-Roo.html
5. ^ http://www.municipios.mx/Quintana-Roo/Municipio-de-Tulum-en-Quintana-Roo.html
6. ^ http://www.noticaribe.com.mx/rivieramaya/2010/01/esperan_beneficios_presupuestales_tras_resultados_del_censo_en_tulum.html
7. ^ 2010 census tables: INEGI