Quintana Roo
a federal state of Mexico, in the peninsula of Yucatan, QUINTANA ROO, a federal state of bounded on the W. by the state of Cambounded on the W. by the state of Cam- peche, on the N. by the state of Yucatan, on the E. by the Caribbean Sea, and on the S. by British Honduras. Puerto Morelos, Chansantacruz and Santa Cruz de Bravo are the chief towns, the last being the capital. Its area is 19,270 square miles. It was organized as a territory in 1902, and was from that time on administered directly by the government from the city of Mexico.
Pop. about 10,000.