Solidaridad Municipality
Playa del Carmen
Playa del Carmen | ||
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Solidaridad | ||
INEGI Code 23008 | | |
Website | https://gobiernodesolidaridad.gob.mx |
Solidaridad is one of the eleven municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Its municipal seat is the town of Playa del Carmen.
Solidaridad is home to the Maya archaeological site of Xcaret.[2]
Geography
The municipality has some small but rich continental sites including the ecotourism park of
The ecotourism park of
Orography and hydrography
Like most of the
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 form flows in underground rivers that sometimes rise to the surface in the cenotes. Lakes and cenotes are the major water bodies of the municipality.
Communities
The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[3]
Name | Population (2010 census) |
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Playa del Carmen | 149,923 |
Puerto Aventuras | 5,979 |
Barceló Maya | 606 |
Grand Palladium | 334 |
Cárcel Pública | 314 |
Iberostar | 242 |
Felipe Carrillo Puerto | 176 |
Punta Laguna | 138 |
El Dorado | 131 |
Hidalgo y Cortez | 128 |
Grand Sirenis | 125 |
Total municipality | 159,310 |
History
Solidaridad is one of the youngest municipalities in the country: it was formed on July 28, 1993, by decree of the
On March 13, 2008, Solidaridad was split in two when the new
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1995 | 28,747 | — |
2000 | 63,752 | +17.27% |
2005 | 135,512 | +16.28% |
2010 | 159,310 | +3.29% |
Source: INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía[5] |
Demographics
The municipality has a population of 159,310 according to the results of the Population and Housing Census of 2010 conducted by the
Currently most of its population are immigrants, mainly from the southeastern states of Mexico; but also, according to the
References
- ^ "Discuten por nuevo municipio". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ a b "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ a b 2010 census tables: INEGI Archived May 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tulum se convierte en el noveno municipio de Quintana Roo". Retrieved 2008-03-13. [dead link]
- ^ INEGI. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Censo de Población y Vivienda 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010. Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Official Municipo Solidaridad website—(in Spanish)