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Photo: Aurelio de Sandoval, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.Explore Mexico's Caribbean jewel! Test your knowledge on Quintana Roo's stunning geography, ancient Maya heritage, unique culture, and natural wonders.
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Tulum was a major walled city that served as a busy seaport for the Maya civilization, especially for trading jade and turquoise. Because of its cliffside location, it is one of the few Maya sites with a direct ocean view, and it was still actively inhabited when Spanish explorers first arrived.
Photo: Popo le Chien, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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While Cancún is the most populous city and a massive tourist hub, the quiet coastal city of Chetumal is the official capital of Quintana Roo. Founded in 1898 as Payo de Obispo, Chetumal sits right on the border with Belize and serves as an important gateway for trade between the two nations.
Photo: AdriLov, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sian Ka'an covers about 5,280 square kilometres of tropical forest, mangroves, marshes and coral reef, partly on land and partly in the Caribbean Sea. Jaguars and manatees live there, and visitors can float down ancient Maya canals.
Photo: Martha xucunostli, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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When Francisco Hernández de Córdoba's expedition landed on the island, they discovered many clay figurines representing Ixchel, the Maya goddess of childbirth, medicine, and the moon. The island was a sacred pilgrimage site for Maya women seeking the goddess's blessings.
Photo: Šarūnas Burdulis from USA, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Tikin Xic is a classic Maya-style seafood dish prepared with a paste of earthy achiote seeds and bitter orange juice. Poc Chuc is another beloved regional dish, but it is made with grilled pork rather than fish.
Photo: Tabi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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Chicle is a natural tree gum extracted from the sap of the chicozapote tree (Manilkara zapota) by workers known as "chicleros." This sticky substance was the primary ingredient in early commercial chewing gum, sparking a massive export boom in the dense jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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Andrés Quintana Roo was an influential lawyer, poet, and politician who served as a key organizer during the Mexican War of Independence in the early 19th century. His wife, Leona Vicario, was also a famous heroine of the independence movement, and today a town in the state bears her name.
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Quintana Roo was officially admitted as Mexico's 30th state on October 8, 1974, under President Luis Echeverría. Before this, the region was sparsely populated and governed directly by the federal government as a territory, only gaining statehood after its population and economy boomed.
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Gonzalo Guerrero chose to assimilate into Maya culture after shipwrecking, tattooing his body and marrying a Maya noblewoman, with whom he had the first historical "mestizo" children. In contrast, his fellow shipwreck survivor, Jerónimo de Aguilar, chose to remain Spanish and later served as an interpreter for Hernán Cortés.
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Bacalar Lagoon is world-famous for its striking shades of blue, turquoise, and green, which are created by the varying depths of the water and the white limestone soil underneath. The lake is also home to rare, ancient bacterial structures called stromatolites, which are among the oldest life forms on Earth.
Photo: Wasquewhat, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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