The state of Quintana Roo is located in the Yucatan Peninsula.

It has 8 municipalities, 2,167 villages and a population of 874,963 (448,308 male and 4126,655 female).

The capital city is Chetumal and it lies at 10 meters above sea level.

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

North 21°37', South17°53' Lat North; East 86°42', West 89°20' East Long.

LAND SIZE AS A PERCENTAGE

2.2% of the country's area.

BORDERING STATES

Quintana Roo borders on the north with Yucatan and with the Gulf of Mexico; East with the Caribbean; to the south with the Bay of Chetumal and Belize; to the West with Campeche and Yucatan.

LENGTH OF THE COASTLINE

1,176 km

MAIN ELEVATIONS

Cerro El Charro           230

Cerro Nuevo Becar     180

Cerro El Pavo              120

HYDROLOGICAL REGIONS

Yucatan North (Yucatan)

Yucatan East (Quintana Roo)

AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION

Agricultural .    05 %                          Grazing land        0.72 %                  Jungle      89.92 %                                                    

                                                         Mangrove        3.03 %                  Cactii         5.75 %                                                      

                                                         Other              0.53 %

MAIN TYPES OF CLIMATE

Warm humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer   (1.15%)

Warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer  (98.85%)