Isla Mujeres

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Isla Mujeres

Isla Mujeres is a small island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
town a short distance off the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula

Yucatán Peninsula

The Yucat?n Peninsula, in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucat?n Channel....
in the Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the mid-latitudes of the Western Hemisphere, bounded to the south and west by the Americas, with the North Atlantic Ocean proper to the northeast and the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest....
. Isla Mujeres is also one of the eight municipalities of the Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
state of Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo is a Mexican state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucat?n Peninsula. It borders the States of Yucat?n and Campeche to the north and west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the nation of Belize to the south....
. It is about northeast of Cancún

Cancún

Canc?n is a coastal city in Mexico's easternmost state, Quintana Roo, on the Yucat?n Peninsula. Cancun is located on the Yucatan Channel that separates Mexico from the island of Cuba in the Greater Antilles....
, at 21.20° North, 86.72° West. The island is some long and wide. In the 2005 census, the municipality had a population of 13,315 and the town had a population of 11,147. The municipality, which lies mostly on the mainland in the northeastern corner of the state, has an area of .

Transportation on Isla Mujeres consists primarily of taxis

Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride....
or golf car

Golf car

A golf cart or golf buggy . is a small vehicle designed originally to carry two golfers and their Golf club around a golf course with less effort than the traditional method of walking....
ts and moped scooters

Moped

Mopeds are a class of low-powered motorized vehicle, generally two or three wheeled. Moped classification is designed to allow the use of small motorized vehicles seen as not requiring the safety restrictions and license requirement that larger motorcycles are subject to....
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Isla Mujeres is a small island

Island

Yucatán Peninsula

The Yucat?n Peninsula, in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucat?n Channel....
in the Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea

Mexico

Quintana Roo

Cancún

Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride....
or golf car

Golf car

Moped

Pre-Columbian

The pre-Columbian era incorporates all archaeology of the Americas in the history of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the Americas continents....
times the island was sacred to the Mayan moon goddess, Ix Chel. When the Spanish

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
arrived here in the 16th century they named it "Isla Mujeres" meaning "Island of Women" because of the many cult image

Cult image

In the practice of religion, a cult image is a man-made object that is venerated for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents....
s of the moon goddess here.

There was a small Mayan temple

Temple

A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A ??templum?? constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur....
on the south tip of the island, however in 1988 Hurricane Gilbert

Hurricane Gilbert

Hurricane Gilbert is the second most intense hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic basin behind only Hurricane Wilma of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which was the costliest and most active Atlantic hurricane season on record....
caused extensive damage to it, leaving most of the foundation and a very small portion of the temple.

Since the 1970s there has been substantial development for tourism

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
here.

Ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transport, usually a boat or ship, used to carry passengers and their vehicles across a body of water. Ferries are also used to transport freight and even railroad cars....
boat

Boat

A boat is a watercraft of modest size designed to float or plane on water, and provide transport over it. Usually this water will be inland or in protected coastal areas....
s run every half hour during daylight between Isla Mujeres and Puerto Juárez

Puerto Juárez

Puerto Ju?rez is a town in Benito Ju?rez, Quintana Roo municipality, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.It is in the north-east of the Yucat?n Peninsula, on the shore of the Caribbean Sea, It is 2 km from Canc?n....
or Puerto Cancún

Puerto Cancún

Puerto Canc?n is a marina and land development in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, north of the city of Canc?n. The development is in progress and is planned to include a golf course, hotels, condominiums, time shares and spaces for retail businesses....
on the mainland. The island is popular with day trippers, but activity quiets down in the evening after the tour groups leave. There are numerous places to eat fresh seafood

Seafood

Seafood is any aquatic animal that is served as food and eaten by humans. Seafoods include fish and shellfish .The harvesting of seafood is known as fishing and the cultivation and farming of seafood is known as aquaculture, mariculture, or in the case of fish, fish farming....
, as well as Maya cuisine. Hotel

Hotel

----A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including Bathroom#Types of bathroomss and air conditioning or clima...
prices vary from cheap to very expensive at the resorts on the southwest end such as Hotel Villa Rolandi. On the east is the Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea

Surf

The wave activity in the area between the shoreline and outer limit of breakers.Surf may refer to:* An ocean surface wave as it breaks in shallow water or upon the shore....
and rocky

Rock (geology)

In geology, rock is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock....
coast, and on the west the skyline

Skyline

A skyline is best described as the overall or partial view of a silhouette of a City tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background....
of Cancún is seen across the clear waters. On the north end is Isla Town and Hidalgo Street, where many shops and restaurants are located. Also located on the north end is a famous beach called Playa del Norte, which has recovered quickly since Hurricane Wilma

Hurricane Wilma

Hurricane Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Wilma was the twenty-second tropical cyclone , thirteenth tropical cyclone, sixth major hurricane, and fourth Saffir-Simpson Scale hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season ...
hit the area in 2005. Isla Mujeres is located close to one of many coral reef

Coral reef

Coral reefs are aragonite structures produced by living organisms. In most reefs the predominant organisms are colonial cnidarian that secrete an exoskeleton of calcium carbonate....
s, and the area is popular for its snorkeling

Snorkeling

Snorkeling is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins....
and scuba diving

Scuba diving

SCUBA diving is Underwater diving, or taking part in another activity, while using a scuba set. By carrying a source of breathing gas , the scuba diver is able to stay underwater longer than with the simple breath-holding techniques used in snorkeling and free-diving, and is not hindered by air lines to a remote air source....
. Isla Mujeres is also home to a population of sea turtle

Sea turtle

Sea turtles are turtles found in all the world's oceans except the Arctic Ocean. There are seven living species of sea turtles: Flatback Sea Turtle, Green Sea Turtle, Hawksbill turtle, Kemp's Ridley, leatherback sea turtle, Loggerhead Sea Turtle and Olive Ridley Sea Turtle....
s. Because of the recent endangerment

Endangered species

An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters....
of sea turtles in the area, a facility was set up on the southern end of the island for the rehabilitation and breeding of them. This facility is open to the public.

Its relative proximity to Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
has made it one of the favorite stepping stones of Cubans

Cubans

Cubans are people inhabiting or originating from Cuba. Most Cubans live in Cuba, although there is also a large Cuban diaspora, especially in the United States....
trying to reach the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
in recent years.

External links

Official municipality website Official tourism website