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)[1]
  Municipality 36,179
  Density 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
  Urban 14,620
Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)
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 thepeninsula'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
Name Population
(2010 Census)
José María Morelos 11,750
Dziuché
2,870
Sabán
2,167
Huay Max
1,399
La Presumida
1,357
X-Cabil
1,087
Kancabchén
1,083
Sacalaca
1,010
Candelaria
963
Santa Gertrudis
899
Total municipality 36,179

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]

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