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  Quintana Roo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The capital of Quintana Roo is the city of Chetumal.
Quintana Roo was made a territory of Mexico by decree of President Porfirio Díaz on November 24, 1902.
Quintana Roo was granted statehood within the United Mexican States on October 8, 1974.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quintana_Roo   (396 words)

  
 Quintana Roo - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Quintana Roo alsocontains the resort city of Cancún, the islands of Cozumel and Isla Mujeres, the towns of Bacalar, Felipe Carrillo Puerto,Playa delCarmen, Puerto Juárez, Akumal, and Puerto Morelos, as well as the ancientMaya ruins of Chacchoben, Chakanbakán, Chamax, Coba,Dzibanché, El Meco, Ichpaatán, Kohunlich, Muyil, Oxtankah, Tankah, Tulum,Tupak, Xel-Há, and Xcaret.
Quintana Roo was made a territory of Mexico by decree ofPresident Porfirio Díaz on November 24, 1902.
Quintana Roo was granted statehood within the United MexicanStates on October8, 1974.
www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Quintana_Roo   (294 words)

  
 List of Cities in Quintana Roo , Mexico
In 1902, Quintana Roo became a territory and was declared as a Free and Sovereign State in 1974.
Quintana Roo, is the youngest state of the Mexican Republic.
This action added to the indigenous opposition, and caused the territory of Quintana Roo to be recovered again in 1915: General Salvador Alvarado, military commandander of the peninsula, went to Santa Cruz de Bravo, where the natives continued fighting the soldiers and demanded the retirement of troops and the restitution of lands to the Mayans.
www.mexicotravel.in /mexicocities/quintanaroo   (6243 words)

  
 Geography. Quintana Roo. Explora
Quintana Roo is one of the 31 states of the Mexican Republic.
Quintana Roo is one of the youngest Mexican states, since it only acquired this status in 1974.
The border between Quintana Roo and Belize is marked by the Hondo River, and is considered as an imaginary line running along the center of this water course.
www.elbalero.gob.mx /kids/explora/html/quintana/geografia.html   (255 words)

  
 Global Exchange : ciepac052301.html
Quintana Roo is the state with the most attraction of population in the region and in the country (11.37% of its population).
Quintana Roo is the only state in the region with an average higher than the national average, at 8.2 years.
All of the states in the region, except for Quintana Roo, have an average of at least 1.5 years less than that of the nine most advanced states of the country, and in the case of the extreme of Chiapas, the difference is of 4 years compared to Mexico City.
www.globalexchange.org /countries/americas/mexico/ppp/ciepac052301.html   (3989 words)

  
 Quintana Roo: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Q.R. Quintana Roo is a state of Mexico (Mexico: A Republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810), on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula (Yucatán Peninsula: A peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea).
The capital of Quintana Roo is the city of Chetumal (Chetumal: chetumal is a city on the east coast of the yucatán peninsula in mexico....
Quintana Roo also contains the resort city of Cancún (Cancún: A popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula), the islands of Cozumel (Cozumel: cozumel is an island off the eastern coast of the yucatan peninsula of mexico,...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/quintana_roo   (916 words)

  
 Quintana Roo, Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Now the QR government uses an eight-ray sun for there was created a new municipality, Solidaridad (capital: Playa del Carmen), a piece of mainland coastline that belonged to the Cozumel island municipality but was complicated to govern because of the 20 km of sea that separated Playa del Carmen from its municipal authorities.
The Quinata Roo coat of arms is not "medieval" or traditional because its territoy through history was Yucatec until 1902 when the territory was split from Yucatan to form the Federal Territory of Quintana Roo.
In the Quintana Roo coat of arms are represented the State's main geographical features: warm climate (stylized sun on red), cloudless sky (star on blue field), and thick vegetation.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/mx-roo.html   (623 words)

  
 Quintana Roo - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Quintana Roo is a state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Quintana Roo was made a territory of Mexico by decree of President Porfirio Diaz on November 24, 1902.
Eight municipalities (municipios) make up the state of Quintana Roo: Benito Juárez, Cozumel, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Isla Mujeres, José María Morelos, Lázaro Cárdenas, Solidaridad, Othón P. Blanco.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Quintana_Roo   (394 words)

  
 The Peninsular Mayas: A Socio-Economic Analysis
In Quintana Roo, 90% of the population lives in 7% of the 1303 localities; the remaining 93% house 10% of the population in communities of less than 500 inhabitants each.
The third state, Quintana Roo, experienced a large decrease in the population in colonial times due to new diseases and other calamities brought on by the Europeans.
The Quintana Roo analysis touches environmental issues, including the damaging effects of certain forest activities, as well as the potential of community natural resources management, thus emphasizing the richness inherent in the tropical forests—which account for 63.2% of the total territory.
www.cdi.gob.mx /ini/perfiles/regional/peninsula_maya/00_summary.html   (1370 words)

  
 UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Where possible, boundaries were defined to coincide with natural features: bounded by the Caribbean Sea and the barrier reef to a depth of 50m in the east; the junction between the marshes and semi-evergreen forests in the south-east; and the junction of Chetumal and Espiritu Santo Bays catchment basin in the south.
Potential pollution from Felipe Carrillo and Andres Quintana Roo ejidos exists, as these towns are within the hydrographic basin of the reserve and their effluent (domestic and industrial/agricultural) may penetrate the water table through absorption by calcareous soils.
Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo and the University of Florida.
sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/sianka'a.html   (3050 words)

  
 Winne.com - Report on Mexico - A dynamic member of globalization
Quintana Roo, because of its geographical situation, is the only Mexican state that touches the Caribbean.
The coordination between the federal government and the municipalities is working in order to avoid stepping over each other, providing then a great security to investors.
Only very recently, in fact last April, I was invited by Joaquín Hendricks, the governor of Quintana Roo to be part of the Ministry of Tourism of the state.
www.winne.com /mexico/to04_cr08int2.html   (1142 words)

  
 Looters hit Cancun after Wilma
Quintana Roo, the Caribbean coastal state that includes the hurricane-ravaged resorts, accounted for half of the nights spent by foreign tourists in Mexico last year.
Nearly 700&nbp;000 people live in the Quintana Roo municipalities hit by Wilma, a region that was populated by just a few thousand before the development of Cancun and the other rapidly growing resort centres.
Linda Plourde, 54, of Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, snapped photos of the scene in front of the hotel where she had been sheltered.
www.news24.com /News24/World/Hurricane/0,,2-10-1942_1822018,00.html   (729 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
20 provinces (khaitt, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities (krong, singular and plural)
33 municipalities; Ailinginae, Ailinglaplap, Ailuk, Arno, Aur, Bikar, Bikini, Bokak, Ebon, Enewetak, Erikub, Jabat, Jaluit, Jemo, Kili, Kwajalein, Lae, Lib, Likiep, Majuro, Maloelap, Mejit, Mili, Namorik, Namu, Rongelap, Rongrik, Toke, Ujae, Ujelang, Utirik, Wotho, Wotje
41 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality* (municipiu); Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Bucuresti (Bucharest)*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi, Ilfov, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea
phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2051.html   (5912 words)

  
 Federal Executive Power Lawyers and Attorneys Offering Personal and Corporate Legal Advice in Cancun and Mexico City, ...
DECREE by which the fiscal benefits mentioned hereinafter are granted the taxpayers in the areas affected by the meteorological phenomenon Wilma in the states of Quintana Roo and Yucatan.
For the effects of the Decree at hand, the following will be considered affected areas in the State of Quintana Roo: the municipalities of Benito Juarez, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Lazaro Cardenas and Solidaridad, and in the State of Yucatan the municipalities of Chemax, Rio Lagartos, San Felipe and Tizimin.
Taxpayers are considered to have their fiscal domicile, branch, agency or any other establishment in the affected areas of the States of Quintana Roo and Yucatan if they have filed the corresponding notice before the Federal Taxpayer Registry before October 15, 2005.
www.lawfirmmexico.com /fo_decreeoctfed.htm   (835 words)

  
 SourceMex - Economic News & Analysis on Mexico; February 24, 1999
Participation was strong in Quintana Roo, where more than 60% of the registered voters went to the polls.
PRI wins easily in rural Quintana Roo, has tight race in Cancun In Quintana Roo, PRI candidate Joaquin Hendricks Diaz won the election with 43% of the vote, compared with 34% for Gaston Alegre Lopez of the PRD, 17% for Francisco Lopez Mena of the PAN, and about 6% for other parties.
The PRI has held the gubernatorial seat since Quintana Roo was admitted as a state in 1974.
ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/smex/h99/smex.19990224.html   (2916 words)

  
 press release
Action 107/2001 against article 23, paragraph II of the Revenue Law of the municipality of Tepezala, Aguascalientes, for tax exemption.
Action 12/2001, against a precept within an Internal Revenue law of the municipalities of Quintana Roo.
Action 7/2002 against article 23, paragraph II of the Revenue Law of the municipality of Tepezala, Aguascalientes, for a tax exemption.
www.pgr.gob.mx /cmsocial/press02/ago/pr69602.htm   (251 words)

  
 roo - OneLook Dictionary Search
ROO : Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics [home, info]
ROO : Three Letter Words with definitions [home, info]
Phrases that include roo: governor of quintana roo, ripper roo, roo bars, roo borson, roo i te hiripoi
www.onelook.com /?w=roo&ls=a   (142 words)

  
 Guatemla 2001 - Chapter XIV
Importantly, the affected population reports that, while the Resettlement Agreement requires that they be full participants in development plans at the local, municipal and regional levels, their proposals are not being taken into account and there are no specific mechanisms to ensure that this is done.
With respect to the issue of women’s participation in decision-making, reports indicate that the male leadership of most local organizations considers that organizing by women is an independent effort that doesn’t merit incorporation into the larger sphere of decision-making.
All seven refugee settlements in Campeche and Quintana Roo were recognized as Mexican villages, elections were held for municipal authorities, and measures were taken to expand access to Mexican credit institutions.
www.cidh.oas.org /countryrep/Guate01eng/chap.14.htm   (6457 words)

  
 Minimum Employment Standards in Mexico - National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
First, the labor contract must be signed by a competent municipal authority and countersigned by the consul of the nation to which the employer is to go.
In addition to the ordinary specifications to be contained in the contract, it must clearly specify that the expense of repatriating the employee should be borne by the foreign employer.
Employment placement services for workers shall be free, whether the service is performed by a municipal office, labor exchange or other official or private institution.
www.natlaw.com /pubs/torrient.htm   (9186 words)

  
 The NarcoSphere || Celebrating Venezuelan Democracy
These mercenaries were receiving training at a farm nearby Caracas, in the municipality of Baruta, governed by the infamous "putschist mayor" Radonsky; and some of the mercenaries explained, that they were being trained with the objective to attack Venezuelan military bases and to realize a coup d' etat against the government of Hugo Chavez.
At the same time, a few days before, Giandomenico Pulitti, the government party's candidate for Mayor of Tovar, one of the municipalities of Mérida State, with excellent chances to win the coming elections, was brutally assassinated by another mercenary.
In Quintana Roo, Marcos is Met by a State on the March by Teo Ballvé
narcosphere.narconews.com /story/2004/4/19/232959/050   (939 words)

  
 State Government of Quintana Roo Lawyers and Attorneys Offering Personal and Corporate Legal Advice in Cancun and ...
On October 27, 2005, the Mexican President issued a decree which grants certain fiscal benefits to taxpayers in the areas affected by hurricane Wilma.
On October 28, 2005, the Governor of the State of Quintana Roo issued a decree which grants fiscal benefits and stimuli to taxpayers in the areas affected by hurricane Wilma.
The abovementioned benefits will be applied directly at the municipal tax offices in question at the time the corresponding payment is made.
www.lawfirmmexico.com /fo_decreeoctqroo.htm   (321 words)

  
 Control and Prevention: Mexico | CDC Malaria
Community members (here, in Oaxaca State) removing aquatic algae that favor the breeding of larvae of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis, a mosquito that can transmit malaria; removal of breeding sites is a component of malaria control in Mexico.
The southern border states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche (in municipalities in these states that border Guatemala), and Quintana Roo (in municipalities near Rio Hondo that border Belize), with frequent population movements between Mexico and neighboring countries with higher malaria endemicity.
The Northwest states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, and Sonora, in areas that are less accessible to malaria control activities.
www.cdc.gov /malaria/control_prevention/mexico.htm   (1050 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » The Caribbean: Hurricane Wilma OCHA Situation Report No. 5
Although hurricane Wilma has moved away from the Yucatan peninsula, detached clouds will generate momentary rain accompanied by strong gusts mainly in the municipalities east of Yucatan and north of Quintana Roo.
There are some 200 temporary shelters operating in the states of Quintana Roo and Yucatan, housing some 45,000 persons.
Out of 105 emergency generators to be located in the affected areas, 30 are already in Quintana Roo.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6HGLLU?OpenDocument   (885 words)

  
 INDIGENOUS STUDENT ACADEMIC SUPPORT UNIT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1990, Mexico gave the first step to recognize the country for its multi ethnic and multicultural character.  In Mexico statistics on the number of ethnic groups vary, since the 57 (normally accepted), to the sum of 62 with 92 different tongues.
In Quintana Roo, the higher and teacher training educative system
This program will be implemented with the finality of having the students receive a better attention and can be accompanied by the academicians during the course of their career, generating possibilities for the better performance of the University students.
www.cga.udg.mx /uaci/proyectos/proyectos-Ing/qroo.htm   (1546 words)

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