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.
Key facts
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- 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
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- City and municipality
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- Bacalar in Quintana Roo
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- 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
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- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bacalar
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Bacalar Municipality
- Population
- 12527
- Elevation
- 11
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Capital of
- Bacalar Municipality
- Official website
- www.bacalar.gob.mx
- Image
- Kiosko, Bacalar. - panoramio.jpg
- Dialing code
- 983
- Licence plate code
- 23
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- Bacalar
- different from
- Bacalar Municipality
- inception
- 1545-00-00
- postal code
- 77930–77935
- native label
- Bacalar
- heritage designation
- Pueblos mágicos
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bacalar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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