Puerto_Morelos_Municipality

Puerto Morelos Municipality

Puerto Morelos Municipality

Municipality in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Puerto Morelos is one of the eleven municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula. It was formed in 2016 from the localities of Puerto Morelos, Leona Vicario and Central Vallarta previously belonging to the municipality of Benito Juárez. In the 2010 census, these three localities recorded a total of 15,725 inhabitants.[4]

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The municipal seat is the town of Puerto Morelos, which is located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southwest of Cancún on the Caribbean Sea and is the easternmost municipal seat in Mexico.

Joaquín Zetina Gasca is one of the communities in the municipality and the location of the municipal offices.

Ignacio Sánchez Cordero, who sought the candidacy of MORENA and PVEM for mayor, was assassinated on February 24, 2021.[5]

Municipal presidents

References

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    Vázquez, Patricia (March 8, 2021). "La Jornada - Alcaldesa de Puerto Morelos, QRoo, busca diputación federal". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved March 8, 2021.
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    Quintana Roo Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
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    "México en cifras". January 2016.
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    2010 census tables: INEGI Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
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    Vázquez, Patricia (February 25, 2021). "Asesinan a precandidato de Morena y PVEM a edil de Puerto Morelos". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
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    "Rinde protesta Concejo Municipal de Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo". Excélsior (in Spanish). 7 January 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
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