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Cora Amalia Castilla
Cora Amalia Castilla Madrid (27 January 1961 in Chetumal, Quintana Roo) is a Mexican politician and activist. A member of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), she was municipal president of the municipality of Othón P. Blanco from 2005 to 2008, President of the PRI in Quintana Roo from 2009 to 2011, and has been Secretary of Culture of the State Government of Quintana Roo and Deputy in the Congress of Quintana Roo twice. References Living people Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Mexican women's rights activists Municipal presidents in Quintana Roo Universidad de las Américas Puebla alumni Members of the Congress of Quintana Roo 20th-century Mexican politicians 20th-century Mexican women politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Politicians from Quintana Roo People from Chetumal, Quintana Roo Year of birth missing (living people) {{Mexico-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetumal
Chetumal (, , ; yua, label=Yucatec Maya, Chactemàal , ) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the state of Quintana Roo and the municipal seat of the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco. In 2020 it had a population of 169,028 people. The city is situated on the western side of Chetumal Bay, near the mouth of the Río Hondo. Chetumal is an important port for the region and operates as Mexico's main trading gateway with the neighboring country of Belize. Goods are transported via a road connecting Chetumal with Belize City to the south, and also via coastal merchant ships. There is a commercial airport, Chetumal International Airport, with airline service. Because of its location on the Caribbean coastline, it is vulnerable to tropical cyclones; Hurricane Janet and Hurricane Dean, both Category 5 storms, made landfall near Chetumal in 1955 and 2007 respectively. History In Pre-Columbian times, a city called Chactemal (sometimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
