Isla Mujeres (,
Spanish for ''Island of the Women'') is one of the
eleven municipalities of the
Mexican
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** People
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*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
state of
Quintana Roo, on the
Yucatán Peninsula. Most of the municipality is located on the mainland in the northeastern corner of the state. Its municipal seat, also called
Isla Mujeres, is a small town situated on the island from which it takes its name, about northeast of
Cancún in the
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
. It is the easternmost municipal seat in Mexico. In the census, the town had a population of inhabitants.
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Towns and villages
The municipality consists of a total of 143 localities. The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:
Demographics
References
External links
*
Official website
{{Quintana Roo
Municipalities of Quintana Roo