Lázaro Cárdenas
Municipality
Kantunil Kin central plaza
Location of Lázaro Cárdenas in Quintana Roo
Lázaro Cárdenas Location within Mexico
Coordinates: 21°06′N 87°29′W / 21.100°N 87.483°W / 21.100; -87.483
Country	Mexico
State	Quintana Roo
Named for	Lázaro Cárdenas
Municipal seat	Kantunilkín
Government [1]
• Municipal President	Clementino Angulo
Area
• Municipality	3,881 km2 (1,498 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2010, 2019)[2]
• Municipality	29,171
• Density	7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Urban	7,150
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time)
INEGI Code	23007
Website	www.lazarocardenas.gob.mx

Lázaro Cárdenas (Spanish: [ˈlasaɾo ˈkaɾðenas] ^ⓘ) is one of the eleven municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Its municipal seat is the town of Kantunilkín, which was founded on 10 October 1859.^[1] Its borders are, to the west, the municipalities of Tizimín and Chemax in the state of Yucatán, to the east the municipalities of Isla Mujeres and Benito Juárez, and to the south Solidaridad.

It is named after Lázaro Cárdenas del Río who was President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.

Geography[edit]

Like most of the Yucatan Peninsula, Lázaro Cárdenas is entirely flat with a gentle slope towards the sea, so from west to east.

Like the rest of the peninsula's surface, the land has a limestone base that does not allow the formation of surface water flows such as rivers and streams, the water instead forms flows in underground rivers that sometimes rise to the surface in the cenotes. Lakes and cenotes are the major bodies of water in the municipality.

Communities[edit]

The municipality is made up of 82 populated localities (localidades), as well as 81 unpopulated localities. The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:^[2]

• 
  Ignacio Zaragoza
• 
  Nuevo Valladolid
• 
  Nuevo X-Can
• 
  El Tintal

Demographics[edit]

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