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3 unusual facts about Tulum, Quintana Roo


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.

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.


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.

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.

Astérix et ses Amis

Milo Manara (Un été indien, El Gaucho, Voyage à Tulum, Le Voyage de G. Mastorna)

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.

Drymaeus serperastrus

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

Eduardo Pareyón Moreno

In 1972 he conducted consolidation works at Tulum ruins, and in 1973 he developed the project for the Archaeological Museum of Tlapacoya, Estado de México.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tourism in Mexico

Other ruins on the peninsula include the aforementioned Tulum on the east coast, Cobá to the northwest of Tulum, Polé (now Xcaret) just south of Playa del Carmen and Calakmul in the nature reserve along the Guatemala border.

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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