Lázaro Cárdenas, Quintana Roo

Coordinates: 21°06′N 87°29′W / 21.100°N 87.483°W / 21.100; -87.483
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Lázaro Cárdenas
Kantunil Kin central plaza
Kantunil Kin central plaza
INEGI Code
23007
Websitewww.lazarocardenas.gob.mx

Lázaro Cárdenas (Spanish:

Solidaridad
.

It is named after

Lázaro Cárdenas del Río who was President of Mexico
from 1934 to 1940.

Geography

Like most of the

Yucatan Peninsula
, Lázaro Cárdenas is entirely flat with a gentle slope towards the sea, so from west to east.

Like the rest of the peninsula's surface, the land has a limestone base that does not allow the formation of surface water flows such as rivers and streams, the water instead forms flows in underground rivers that sometimes rise to the surface in the cenotes. Lakes and cenotes are the major bodies of water in the municipality.

Communities

The municipality is made up of 82 populated localities (localidades), as well as 81 unpopulated localities. The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[2]

Map of Lazaro Cardenas, Municipality
Name Population
(2010 Census)
Kantunilkín 7,150
Ignacio Zaragoza 2,213
Holbox
1,486
Chiquilá 1,466
Nuevo Valladolid 1,294
Nuevo Xcán 1,130
El Tintal 1,074
San Ángel 1,041
El Ideal 818
Solferino 799
San Francisco 767
El Cedral 752
Nuevo Durango 225
Total municipality 25,333
  • Ignacio Zaragoza
    Ignacio Zaragoza
  • Nuevo Valladolid
    Nuevo Valladolid
  • Nuevo X-Can
    Nuevo X-Can
  • El Tintal
    El Tintal

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1995 18,307—    
2000 20,411+2.20%
2005 22,434+1.91%
2010 25,333+2.46%
Source: INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía[3]

References