José María Morelos Municipality

José María Morelos
Municipality
Jose María Morelos municipal hall

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Location of Municipality in Quintana Roo
José María Morelos
Location of Municipality in Quintana Roo
Coordinates: 19°45′N 88°42′W / 19.750°N 88.700°W / 19.750; -88.700Coordinates: 19°45′N 88°42′W / 19.750°N 88.700°W / 19.750; -88.700
Country Mexico
State Quintana Roo
Municipal seat José María Morelos
Government
 • Municipal President Otto Ventura Osorio
Area
 • Municipality 6,739 km2 (2,602 sq mi)
Elevation 31 m (102 ft)
Population (2010 census)[1]
 • Municipality 36,179
 • Density 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
 • Urban 14,620
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time)
INEGI Code 23006
Website www.josemariamorelos.gob.mx

José María Morelos is one of the ten municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.

Geography

Like most of the Yucatan Peninsula José María Morelos is entirely flat with a gentle slope towards the sea, so from west to east.

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 form flows in underground rivers that sometimes rise to the surface in cenotes. Lakes and centotes are the major bodies of water in the municipality.

Communities

There were 129 populated localities, as well as 132 unpopulated localities enumerated during the 2010 census.

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[1]

Map of Jose Maria Morelos
NamePopulation
(2010 Census)
José María Morelos11,750
Dziuché2,870
Sabán2,167
Huay Max1,399
La Presumida1,357
X-Cabil1,087
Kancabchén1,083
Sacalaca1,010
Candelaria963
Santa Gertrudis899
Total municipality36,179

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1995 29,604—    
2000 31,052+0.96%
2005 32,746+1.07%
2010 36,179+2.01%
Source: INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía[2]

References

  1. 1 2 2010 census tables: INEGI Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ INEGI. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Censo de Población y Vivienda 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010. Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
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