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. In the 2010 census the city had a population of 11,084. At that time it was still part of Othón P. Blanco, and was its second-largest city (locality), after Chetumal.

Key facts

Settlement.image_skyline: Bacalar_Collage.jpg
Settlement.caption: Left to right: San Felipe de Bacalar Fort · Kiosk · Natural cenote · San Joaquín parish · Monumental letters · View of Laguna de los Siete Colores
Settlement.settlement_type: City and municipality
Settlement.map_caption: Bacalar in Quintana Roo
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mexico Quintana Roo#Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 200
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Quintana Roo
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bacalar
Settlement.seat_type: Municipal seat
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.population_total: 12572
Settlement.population_as_of: 2020
Settlement.postal_code_type: Postal code

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Bacalar
Population: 12527
Elevation: 11
Official website: www.bacalar.gob.mx
Image: Kiosko, Bacalar. - panoramio.jpg
Dialing code: 983
Licence plate code: 23

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Commons gallery: Bacalar
Commons category: Bacalar
inception: 1545-00-00
postal code: 77930–77935
native label: Bacalar

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== Etymology == thumb|right|Bacalar Lagoon seen from Bacalar The name most likely derives from , (Sian Ka'an Bakhalal) meaning "surrounded by reeds", the name of the locality attested at the time of the 16th century arrival of the Spanish.