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Country MEXICO COZUMEL (regional info) ALLEGRO RESORT COZUMEL CASA DEL MAR COZUMEL CASA MEXICANA COZUMEL EL COZUMELENO MELIA COZUMEL PARK ROYAL COZUMEL ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYA AZUL GOLF AND BEACH RESORT VILLAS CARIBE WYNDHAM COZUMEL RESORT & SPA ALL INCLUSIVE Cozumel (Mayan: Island of the Swallows) (Kùutsmil in Modern Maya) is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen. It is one of the eight municipalities (municipios) of the state of Quintana Roo. Cozumel is a popular tourist destination renowned for its scuba diving. The main town on the island is San Miguel de Cozumel. The island is about 48 km (30 miles) north-south and 16 km (10 miles) east-west, and is the largest Atlantic island of Mexico. (It is the third-largest island in Mexico, following Tiburón Island and Isla Ángel de la Guarda.) It is about 20 km (12 miles) from the mainland, and some 60 km (36 miles) south of Cancún. The vast majority of the population of Cozumel lives in the town of San Miguel (pop. 71,401 in 2005), which is on the western shore. The rest of the island is low, flat, and densely vegetated. The island, including offshore islets, has a land area of 477.961 km² (184.54 sq mi). The municipality, which includes two small areas on the mainland enclaved within the Municipality of Solidaridad with a land area of 10.423 km² (4.024 sq mi), has a total land area of 488.384 km² (188.566 sq mi). The two areas enclaved on the mainland are Calica, near Playa del Carmen and Xcaret, and the Xel-Há Water Park, near the Xelha archaeological ruins. read full wikipedia reference about Cozumel, Mexico OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN MEXICOAcapulco Aguascalientes Boca del Rio Cabo San Lucas Cancun Chihuahua Ciudad Juarez Cozumel Cuernavaca Cualiacan Ensenada Guadalajara Hermosillo Hualtulco Isla Mujures Roo Ixtapa Juarez La Paz Leon Los Cabos Los Mochis Manzanillo Mazatlan Merida Mexicali Mexico City Monterrey Morelia Oaxaca Palenque Playa del Carmen Puebla Puerto Aventuras Puerto Vallarta Quetaro Quintana Roo Rosarito Saltillo San Jose del Cabo San Luis Potosi San Miguel de Allande Tampico Tijuana Toluca Veracruz Villahermosa Zacatecas Zihuatanejo |
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