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Bacalar

municipal seat of Bacalar, State of Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Summary

Bacalar is a locality of Mexico[1]. Bacalar ranks in the top 2% of locality of mexico entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,995 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bacalar Municipality[3]
  • Country: Mexico[4]
  • Postal code: 77930–77935[5]
  • Commons category: Bacalar[6]
  • Licence plate code: 23[7]
  • Local dialing code: 983[8]
  • Inception: 1545[9]
  • Official website: http://www.bacalar.gob.mx[10]
  • Commons gallery: Bacalar[11]
  • Population: 9239[12], 9833[13], 11,048[14], 12,527[15]
  • Capital of: Bacalar Municipality[16]
  • Heritage designation: Pueblos mágicos[17]
  • Official name: Bacalar[18]
  • Native label: Bacalar[19]
  • Different from: Bacalar Municipality[20]
  • Elevation above sea level: 11 m[21]

Why It Matters

Bacalar has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Bacalar is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Mexico

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . micodigopostal.org. micodigopostal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Censo de Población y Vivienda 2000. inegi.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Censo de Población y Vivienda 2005. inegi.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Censo de México de 2010. inegi.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020. inegi.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . pueblosmagicos.mexicodesconocido.com.mx. pueblosmagicos.mexicodesconocido.com.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. inegi.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Bacalar Municipality
    Official website → http://www.bacalar.gob.mx
    Inception → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 18.676146666666668, 'lon': -88.38935277777777}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48215|batch #48215]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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