Chetumal (Modren Maya: Chactemàal /tɕʰaktʰe̞mɐː˨˩l/ which means: "Place o the red firth") is a ceety on the east coast o the Yucatán Peninsulae in Mexico. It is the caipital o the state o Quintana Roo an the municipal seat o the Municipality o Othón P. Blanco. In 2010 it haed a population o 151,243 fowk.[1]

Chetumal
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Official logo of Chetumal
Emblem o Othon P. Blanco
Chetumal is located in Mexico
Chetumal
Chetumal
Coordinates: 18°30′13″N 88°18′19″W / 18.50361°N 88.30528°W / 18.50361; -88.30528
KintraMexico
StateQuintana Roo
MunicipalityOthon P. Blanco
Foondit5 Mey 1898 (Othon P. Blanco)
Govrenment
 • MayorAndrés Ruiz Morcillo
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • City151,243
 • Urban
151,243
 • Demonym
Chetumaleño(a)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code
77000
Area code(s)983, 912
Websitewww.chetumal.gob.mx

The ceety is situatit on the wastren side o Chetumal Bay, near the mooth o the Río Hondo. Chetumal is an important port for the region an operates as Mexico's main tradin gateway wi the neebourin kintra o Belize. Guids are transported via a road connectin Chetumal wi Belize Ceety tae the sooth, an via coastal merchant ships an aw. Acause o its location on the Caribbean coastline, it is vulnerable tae tropical cyclones; Hurricane Janet an Hurricane Dean, baith Category 5 storms, made landfaw near Chetumal in 1955 an 2007 respectively.[2]

History

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In Pre-Columbie times, a ceety cried Chactemal (sometimes rendered as "Chetumal" in early European sources), probably the day's Santa Rita in Belize,[3][4] wis the caipital o a Maya state o the same name that roughly controlled the soothren quairter o modren Quintana Roo an the northeast portion o Belize. This oreeginal Chetumal is nou believit tae hae been on the ither side o the Río Hondo, in modren Belize, no at the steid o modren Chetumal.

Durin the Spainyie conquest o Yucatán, the Maya state o Chetumal focht aff several Spainyie expeditions afore feenally bein subjugatit in the late 16t hunderyear.

The 1840s revolt o the indigenous Maya fowks against Mexican rule, kent as the Caste War o Yucatán, drove aw the Hispanic fowk frae this region; maony settled in Breetish Honduras (modren Belize).

The current steid o Chetumal wis established as a Mexican port toun in 1898, oreeginally unner the name Payo Obispo. The name wis offeecially chyngit tae Chetumal in 1936.

Twa hurricanes in the 1940s leveled the entire toun; Chetumal wis devastatit a third time in 1955 bi Hurricane Janet. Efter this, the toun wis rebuilt wi mair solid construction, wi concrete blocks replacin firth as the uisual material.

The population o Chetumal wis smaw (aboot 5,000 in 1950) till the construction o heich-gates linkin it tae the rest o Mexico in the 1960s an 1970s; the ceety then boomit wi substantial migration frae ither pairts o Mexico.

Geografie

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Climate

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Climate data for Chetumal
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record heich °C (°F) 35.0
(95.0)
36.5
(97.7)
37.1
(98.8)
39.5
(103.1)
39.5
(103.1)
37.5
(99.5)
37.8
(100.0)
39.0
(102.2)
38.0
(100.4)
36.2
(97.2)
37.0
(98.6)
39.0
(102.2)
39.5
(103.1)
Average heich °C (°F) 28.4
(83.1)
29.5
(85.1)
30.7
(87.3)
32.1
(89.8)
32.7
(90.9)
32.2
(90.0)
32.4
(90.3)
32.8
(91.0)
32.5
(90.5)
31.5
(88.7)
29.9
(85.8)
28.8
(83.8)
31.1
(88.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 23.4
(74.1)
24.3
(75.7)
26.1
(79.0)
27.9
(82.2)
28.6
(83.5)
28.6
(83.5)
28.4
(83.1)
28.5
(83.3)
28.2
(82.8)
27.0
(80.6)
25.2
(77.4)
23.9
(75.0)
26.7
(80.1)
Average law °C (°F) 18.3
(64.9)
19.2
(66.6)
21.5
(70.7)
23.7
(74.7)
24.6
(76.3)
25.0
(77.0)
24.5
(76.1)
24.2
(75.6)
24.0
(75.2)
22.4
(72.3)
20.4
(68.7)
19.0
(66.2)
22.2
(72.0)
Record law °C (°F) 6.0
(42.8)
5.0
(41.0)
7.3
(45.1)
9.0
(48.2)
16.0
(60.8)
18.5
(65.3)
19.0
(66.2)
15.0
(59.0)
18.0
(64.4)
12.5
(54.5)
10.0
(50.0)
5.5
(41.9)
5.0
(41.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 64.4
(2.54)
36.5
(1.44)
26.8
(1.06)
37.5
(1.48)
127.5
(5.02)
194.8
(7.67)
145.2
(5.72)
142.5
(5.61)
203.9
(8.03)
171.4
(6.75)
92.4
(3.64)
66.6
(2.62)
1,309.5
(51.56)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 9.2 5.8 3.9 3.7 8.0 13.7 13.9 13.4 15.7 14.5 11.1 10.2 123.1
Average relative humidity (%) 88 86 85 83 87 87 87 85 88 88 88 89 87
Mean monthly sunshine oors 215.0 214.9 246.6 248.0 255.9 187.1 213.8 213.6 164.4 183.8 191.3 196.4 2,530.8
Source #1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[5]
Source #2: Weatherbase,[6] Colegio de Postgraduados(sun and humidity)[7]

Main sichts

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Museum o the Mayan Cultur

Museums

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  • Cultural Centre o the Fine Airts (Centro Cultural de las Bellas Artes), locatit in the centre o the ceety. The biggin is hoosit in wis the schuil Belisario Domínguez, which wis the first schuil o Quintana Roo.
  • Museum o the Mayan Cultur (Museo de la Cultura Maya), considered the lairgest an maist comprehensive museum in the state dedicatit tae the Mayan cultur. It haes a important collection o authentic an reproductions o clessical wirks, an tells the development o Mayan cultur, its oreegins, as well as various aspects o their daily life.
  • Museum o the Ceety. Tee'd tae the Cultural Centre o the Fine Airts, dedicatit tae the exhibition o photographs, tuils an documents that tell the story o the foondin o the ceety.

Monuments

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  • Monument tae the Flag (Monumento a la Bandera), the first monument built in Chetumal. It consists o a white obelisk that haes a clock dial on each o its faces.
  • Cradles o the Meztizaje (Monumento Cuna del Meztizaje), constructit in the entrance o Chetumal. It haes the shape o a Mayan pyramid on which are the statues o Gonzalo Guerrero, his wife Zazil Há an the childer o baith.
  • Andrés Quintana Roo Memorial, dedicatit tae Andrés Quintana Roo, whom the state wis namit efter.
  • Monument tae the Fishermen, ane o the maist recent, locatit in the Bay o Chetumal.

Pairks

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  • Ecological Pairk (Parque Ecológico).
  • Cheese Pairk
  • Biouniverzoo Zoo.

References

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  1. 2010 census tables: INEGI Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Carrillo, Manuel. Dean pummels Mexican resorts[deid airtin], Reuters Canada, 2007-08-21. Accessed 2007-08-21.
  3. Belize Tourist Board. "Santa Rita". The Belize Virtual Guide. Naturalight Productions Ltd. Archived frae the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. Association for Belizean Archaeology (1989). Foster, Byron (ed.). Warlords and maize men: a guide to the Maya sites of Belize. Cubola Productions. ISBN 978-968-6233-06-3.
  5. "Normales climatológicas 1951-2010" (in Spanish). Comision Nacional Del Agua. 2012. Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 5 Januar 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  6. Historical Weather for Chetumal- Airport Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Weatherbase. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  7. "Normales climatológicas para Chetumal Payo Obizpo, Q.ROO" (in Spanish). Colegio de Postgraduados. Retrieved 5 Januar 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)[deid airtin]

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