Cancun is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the northeast coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and the seat of the municipality of Benito Juarez. Situated on the Caribbean Sea, it is a major tourist destination and one of Mexico's easternmost points, encompassing the Hotel Zone tourist area just north of the Riviera Maya resort coast.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude21.161416 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Cancún (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
888,797
- In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Cancún (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 21.161416, longitude -86.824811
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 5 m
P571 (inception)
inception 1970
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2020)
View the Source3. GeoNames: Cancún - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 11 m
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 21.25, -86.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 21.25, -86.75
21.25 -86.75 Aw
5. GeoNames: Cancún - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3531673Quote, cities500 record 3531673
21.17429 -86.84656 P PPL MX 23 005 888797 11 America/Cancun
Wikidata: Cancún
Wikidata Q8969, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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