Bacalar is one of the ten municipalities of the

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Quintana Roo Quintana Roo ( , ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 mu ...

. The municipal seat and most populous town is the eponymous

Bacalar Bacalar () is the municipal seat and largest city in Bacalar Municipality (until 2011 a part of Othón P. Blanco Municipality) in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, about north of Chetumal, at 18° 40' 37" N, 88° 23' 43" W. In the 2010 census ...

. The municipality was formed on February 2, 2011, when it separated from the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco.

Major communities

The 2010 census enumerated 57 populated localities. Bacalar Fort

References

External links

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Official website
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