Editing Chetumal (section)

{{About|the modern city in Mexico|the Postclassic Maya province|Chetumal Province|the archaeological site proposed as the location of the Postclassic Maya city of ''Chetumal''|Santa Rita, Corozal}}
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| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Gregorio Hernán Pastrana
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| postal_code              = 77000
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| website                  = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070627130155/http://www.chetumal.gob.mx/ www.chetumal.gob.mx]
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'''Chetumal'''   ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˌ|tʃ|ɛ|t|ʊ|ˈ|m|ɑː|l}},<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Chetumal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727212056/https://www.lexico.com/definition/chetumal |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-07-27 |title=Chetumal |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|ˌ|tʃ|eɪ|t|u|ˈ|-}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/chetumal|title=Chetumal|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=26 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Chetumal|access-date=26 July 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|es|tʃetuˈmal|lang|Chetumal.ogg}}; {{langx|yua|label=[[Yucatec Maya language|Yucatec Maya]]|Chactemàal}} {{IPA|yua|tɕʰaktʰe̞mɐː˨˩l|}}, {{lit|"Place of the Red Wood"}}) is a city on the east coast of the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] in [[Mexico]]. It is the capital of the [[List of states of Mexico|state]] of [[Quintana Roo]] and the municipal seat of the [[Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo|Municipality of Othón P. Blanco]]. In 2020 it had a population of 169,028 people.<ref name="inegi20quin">{{cite web |url=https://www.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/programas/ccpv/2020/tabulados/cpv2020_b_qroo_01_poblacion.xlsx |language=es |access-date=28 January 2021 |publisher=[[INEGI]] |title=INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020. Tabulados del Cuestionario Básico – Quintana Roo |trans-title=INEGI. 2020 Population and Housing Census. Basic Questionnaire Tabulations – Quintana Roo |format=Excel |date=2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128023451/https://www.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/programas/ccpv/2020/tabulados/cpv2020_b_qroo_01_poblacion.xlsx |pages=1–4}}</ref>

The city is situated on the western side of [[Chetumal Bay]], near the mouth of the [[Hondo River (Belize)|Río Hondo]]. Chetumal is an important [[port]] for the region and operates as Mexico's main trading gateway with the neighboring country of [[Belize]]. Goods are transported via a road connecting Chetumal with [[Belize City]] to the south, and also via coastal merchant ships. There is a commercial airport, [[Chetumal International Airport]], with airline service. Because of its location on the Caribbean coastline, it is vulnerable to [[tropical cyclone]]s; [[Hurricane Janet]] and [[Hurricane Dean]], both [[Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5 storms]], made [[landfall (meteorology)|landfall]] near Chetumal in 1955 and 2007 respectively.<ref>Carrillo, Manuel. [http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-08-21T114541Z_01_LAU663956_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-STORM-DEAN-COL.XML Dean pummels Mexican resorts]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, [[Reuters|Reuters Canada]], 2007-08-21. Accessed 2007-08-21.</ref>