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9 unusual facts about Quintana Roo


1924 Cuba hurricane

The next day, the storm reached hurricane status about 130 mi (215 km) southeast of Cozumel, Quintana Roo.

Aeroméxico Flight 576

Quintana Roo State Congressman Hernán Villatoro (of the Labor Party) was on board the flight and said, in a radio interview, that the hijacker was carrying a Bible, issued a series of religious prophecies, and warned that President Calderón should not attend the traditional Independence Day festivities in Mexico City's Zócalo on 16 September because of an impending earthquake.

Banco Chinchorro

Banco Chinchorro is an atoll reef lying off the southeast coast of the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco in Quintana Roo, Mexico, near Belize that is one of the world's premiere shipwreck diving spots.

Christian Longo

After leaving the hostel on January 7, 2002 he was captured six days later without incident in the small town of Tulum, Quintana Roo, about 60 miles south of Cancún.

Drymaeus serperastrus

The distribution of Drymaeus serperastrus includes the following states of Mexico: Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Veracruz, Hidalgo and Tamaulipas.

George Enrique Herbert

Jorge Manuel Torres Teyer and Victor Manuel Adan Carrasco, leaders of the Juarez Cartel in Belize and the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, with whom Herbert conspired, pled guilty in Manhattan federal court in 2003, and were sentenced in May 2004.

Miss Earth México 2011

Miss Earth México 2011, the 10th annual national beauty pageant of Miss Earth México, was held on September 17, 2011 in Quintana Roo, Municipality of Othon P. Blanco.

The Seashores of Old Mexico

A music video for this song with George Strait was filmed in February 2006 in Tulum, Mexico and directed by Trey Fanjoy.

Xibalbanus tulumensis

Xibalbanus tulumensis (previously Speleonectes tulumensis – Speleonectes = 'cave swimmer'; tulumensis = 'occurring at Tulum' – Xibalbanus = 'from Xibalba') is a venomous, hermaphroditic crustacean found in anchialine caves on the Yucatán Peninsula in the Caribbean Sea.


Arlen F. Chase

His fieldwork began with Mesoamerican excavations at Holmul and Orange Walk, Belize with the Santa Rita Corozal project, Belize, followed by excavations at Tikal, Copan, Grasshopper Pueblo and Quintana Roo.

Jorge Miguel Martin

His career has so far included important topics such as economic planning for Playa del Carmen and Quintana Roo.

Jorge Miguel Martin has been involved extensively in Playa del Carmen's industry, ranging from tourism to newer industries to Quintana Roo.

José Salgado Fernández

José Enrique Salgado Fernández (born June 10, 1989 in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer and the current North American Boxing Association Super Flyweight Champion.

Mexiconservación

Mexiconservación is a nonprofit organization, based in Akumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Sin Dejar Huella

In the film, Ana, a fake Mayan art smuggler, and Aurelia, a maquiladora worker, flee from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua in Northern Mexico and those who pursue them to Cancún in the Yucatán peninsula province of Quintana Roo.

Xpujil

Xpujil is located in the south-east of the state, close to the border with Quintana Roo to the east and Peten, Guatemala, to the south.


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Andrés Quintana Roo

She was caught in 1813 and locked in the Colegio de Belén, but managed to escape in disguise, fleeing to Tlalpujahua where she married Quintana Roo.

John Gregory Dunne

He was father to Quintana Roo Dunne, who died in 2005 after a series of illnesses, and uncle to actors Griffin Dunne (who co-starred in An American Werewolf in London) and Dominique Dunne (who co-starred in Poltergeist).

MV Sound of Jura

In Mexico, Quintana Roo opened up a new car ferry route between Puerto Morelos, on the Yucatán Peninsula and the island of Cozumel.

The Mexican Government operated her to Cozumel as Quintana Roo until 2005, when she was wrecked by Hurricane Wilma.

Pedro Joaquín

Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, Mexican politician and former Governor of Quintana Roo

QRSS

The Quintana Roo Speleological Survey, a project that supports safe exploration of the caves in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Yucatán, Mexico

Mexico's portion of the Yucatán Peninsula, comprising the states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo.