Felipe Carrillo Puerto is the municipal seat and largest city in Felipe Carrillo Puerto Municipality in the

Mexican state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 administrative divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into municipalities of ...

. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 25,744 persons, mostly of

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

descent.2010 census tables: INEGI
The Sian Kaʼan Biosphere Reserve lies just east of the city.

History

The city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto was founded in 1850 by independent Maya people during the

Caste War of Yucatán The Caste War of Yucatán or ''ba'atabil kichkelem Yúum'' (1847–1915) began with the revolt of Indigenous peoples of Mexico, indigenous Maya peoples, Maya people of the Yucatán Peninsula against Hispanic populations, called ''Yucatecos''. Th ...

under the name Chan Santa Cruz. After it was conquered by Mexican

Federal Army The Federal Army (), also known as the Federales () in popular culture, was the army of Mexico from 1876 to 1914 during the Porfiriato, the rule of President Porfirio Díaz, and during the presidencies of Francisco I. Madero and Victoriano Huerta. ...

troops in 1901, it was renamed "Santa Cruz del Bravo" before acquiring its present name in honor of politician

Felipe Carrillo Puerto Felipe Santiago Carrillo Puerto (8 November 1874 – 3 January 1924) was a Mexican journalist, politician and revolutionary who served as the governor of Yucatán from 1922 until his assassination in 1924. He became known for his efforts at rec ...

in 1930.

Geography

Climate

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* Populated places in Quintana Roo 1850 establishments in Mexico Municipality seats in Quintana Roo {{QuintanaRoo-geo-stub