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Akumal
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Akumal is a small beachfront tourist resort community in Mexico, south of Cancún, between the towns of Playa del Carmen and Tulum. It is on Akumal Bay and Half Moon Bay on the site of a former coconut plantation in Tulum Municipality in the state of Quintana Roo, and is part of the Riviera Maya area. The 2010 census showed a population of 1,310.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Akumal
Settlement.settlement_type
Community
Settlement.image_skyline
Akumal Half-moon Bay-27527-2.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Half-moon Bay in Akumal
Settlement.pushpin_map
Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
border|20px Quintana Roo
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
border|20px Tulum
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1958
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.elevation_m
11
Settlement.population_total
2154
Settlement.population_as_of
2020

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akumal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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