5-667: Bacalar is one of the eleven municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo . The municipal seat and most populous town is the eponymous Bacalar . The municipality was formed on February 2, 2011, when it separated from the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco . As 2020, Bacalar Municipality had a population of 41,754 inhabitants. Bacalar , the municipal seat, had a population of 12,527. Other localities include Limones (2,739 hab.), Maya Balam (2,675 hab.), Los Divorciados (1,249) and Reforma (1,213 hab.) This article about
10-463: A plurality voting system. The president heads a concurrently elected municipal council ( ayuntamiento ) responsible for providing public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of trustees and councillors ( regidores y síndicos ). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist
15-541: A location in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipalities of Quintana Roo Quintana Roo is a state in southeast Mexico established out of the Quintana Roo Territory in 1974 with seven municipalities , which has since grown into eleven municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census , it has the twenty-fourth largest population of all states with 1,857,985 inhabitants and
20-464: Is the 19th largest by land area spanning 44,705.2 square kilometres (17,260.8 sq mi). Municipalities in Quintana Roo are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico . Their legal framework derives from the state Constitution. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal ) by
25-433: The state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees , although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than locally. As of 2020, the largest municipality by population is Benito Juárez with 911,503 residents while
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