Quintana Roo, Mexico

Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo

Last modified: 2005-03-05 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Note: Quintana Roo has no official flag, but one in white charged with the coat of arms is broadly used:

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 06, 2001. See: Coat of arms on white background: unofficial flags

• Presentation of Quintana Roo
• Coat of arms

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  Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán

• Official name: Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo / Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo
• Short-form names: Estado de Quintana Roo / State of Quintana Roo; Quintana Roo.
• Location: The less-populated Mexican State lies on the Yucatán Peninsula, SW of Mexico. Quintana Roo comprises the beautiful islands of Cozumel and Mujeres in the Caribbean Sea, world-famous tourist resorts like Cancún, Chetumal, Punta Allen, and interesting archeological places such as Tulum, Cobá, Xcaret, El Rey, Muyil, San Gervasio, Xel-Ha. It neighbors the Mexican States of Yucatán (NE), and Campeche (SE). Both, the Gulf of Mexico (N) and the Caribbean See bath the Quintana Roo coats. To the South the State limits Belize.
• Area: 39,376 km²
• Municipalities: 8
• Population: 874,963 inhabitants
• Capital: Chetumal, municipality of Othón P. Blanco (Pop.: 116,000)
• Statehood: October 8, 1974
• Arms adopted: Unknown date

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Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.

A very nice coat of arms, strikingly different from the