Bacalar
Sign in to saveBacalar () 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.
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- Left to right: San Felipe de Bacalar Fort · Kiosk · Natural cenote · San Joaquín parish · Monumental letters · View of Laguna de los Siete Colores
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- City and municipality
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- Bacalar in Quintana Roo
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- Mexico Quintana Roo#Mexico
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- above
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- 200
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- 1
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- Country
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- State
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- Quintana Roo
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- Municipality
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- Bacalar
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- Municipal seat
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- Founded
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- 12572
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- 2020
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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.
== 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.