Cancun
municipal seat of Juárez, State of Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Summary
Cancun is a locality of Mexico[1]. Cancun ranks in the top 0.14% of locality of mexico entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,462 views/month, #2 of 1,428).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Benito Juárez Municipality[3]
- Country: Mexico[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Caribbean Sea[5]
- Instance of: city[6], big city[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Miami[8], Compton[9], Mar del Plata[10], Timișoara[11], Granadilla de Abona[12], Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza[13], Ceccano[14], Ibiza[15], Wichita[16], Hangzhou[17], Antigua Guatemala[18], Varadero[19], Mission[20], Oaxaca de Juárez[21]
- Postal code: 77500–77539[22]
- Commons category: Cancún[23]
- Licence plate code: 23[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[25]
- Local dialing code: 998[26]
- Inception: April 20, 1970[27]
- Official website: https://cancun.gob.mx/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cancún[29]
- Commons gallery: Cancún[30]
- Population: 888,797[31]
- Capital of: Benito Juárez Municipality[32]
- Official name: Cancún[33]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Cancún[34]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Cancún[35]
- Demonym: cancunense[36]
- Native label: Cancún[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Cancún[38]
- Elevation above sea level: 5 m[39]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Cancun include Cancún International Airport[40], an international airport[41], in Mexico[42].
Why It Matters
Cancun has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Cancun is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for Cancun include Cancún International Airport[40], an international airport[41], in Mexico[42].