Editing Chetumal (section)

===Development===

The final development of Payo Obispo occurred when the governor of Yucatan, [[Salvador Alvarado]] decided to return to the Maya the city of Santa Cruz de Bravo, which at that time belonged to Yucatan after the suppression of the Territory of Quintana Roo and that by being 1915 the capital was moved accordingly to Payo Obispo, thereby increasing population and economic activity, as government units were established in the population.

During the 1920s and 1930s, the exploration and development of Quintana Roo was greatly disseminated, as it was one of the last undeveloped places in the country and many considered it conducive to the establishment of the new models advocated by the [[Mexican Revolution]], however, on the grounds of financial reasons, the federal government once again abolished the Quintana Roo Territory and divided it between Yucatan and [[Campeche]], with Payo Obispo being left in the latter state, Payo Obispo then led the movement that demanded the restoration of federal territory, a request answered by [[Lázaro Cárdenas]], who visited the city in 1934 as a candidate for president and who once had taken office, re-established the territory in 1935.

The new governor, [[Rafael E. Melgar]], greatly promoted the development of the city, he is due the construction of the first concrete buildings, these being the Government Palace, the Morelos Hospital and the Belisario Domínguez School, also developed promoting the establishment of worker cooperatives dedicated to logging, [[Natural rubber|rubber]] and chewing gum, among other products and which motivated the start of emigration to Quintana Roo, promoted in addition to increasing population of the territory. In addition, and according to the postulates of the time, Melgar decided to remove all names of religious origin to the towns and cities of the territory, being renamed Payo Obispo according to decree of 16 February 1937 with the new name of '''Chetumal'''.<ref>'web quote's 'url'http://mapserver.inegi.gob.mx/AHL/realizaBusquedaurl.do?cvegeo=230040001'title's archive of localities'- year-access-2008'date-access-access-13 February 2008'author's National Institute of Statistics and Geography-</ref> The development promoted by Melgar declined to a greater or lesser extent during the following governments and for various reasons, but the growth of the city continued to increase.

[[File:Chetumal Damage Hurricane Janet.jpg|thumb|left|Hurricane Janet caused widespread damage in Chetumal]]
On 27 September 1955, the Category 5 [[Hurricane Janet]] struck the city, destroying it almost completely. Most wooden buildings were destroyed and around 500 inhabitants perished. After the hurricane, Chetumal was rebuilt as a modern city, leaving behind its Anglo-Caribbean wooden architecture.

During the governments of [[Aarón Merino Fernández]], [[Javier Rojo Gómez]] and [[David Gustavo Gutiérrez]], the development continued to establish electric light, paving and terrestrial communications, as well as a large emigration from other parts of the country, promoted by the federal government, especially that of [[Luis Echeverría|Luis Echeverría Álvarez]], with the intention of promoting the Federal Territory in state of the Federation, which was finally made on October 8 of 1974, becoming Chetumal in the capital of the new Quintana Roo state.