San Miguel de Cozumel () is the largest city in

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Municipality in the

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. With a 2010 census population of 77,236, it is also Quintana Roo's fourth-largest community, after

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, and

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. It is a hub for tourism on the

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, providing the sole ferries between the Mexican mainland and the island. In addition to the ferry service to Playa del Carmen, the first international cruise terminal in Quintana Roo is located in the city.

Port

The Cozumel International

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has an international cruise

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of 271 meters and a

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at 45 meters, giving it the ability to receive two

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s at once: the exterior band can receive

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class ships of 140,000 displacement tons, and the interior band can receive ships up to 85,000 displacement tons. A tender wharf is used to receive minor boats at the terminal. The types of vessels regularly calling at COZUMEL are Passenger Ship (49%), Sailing Vessel (20%), Pleasure Craft (19%), Passenger (3%),

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/Passenger Ship (1%). The maximum length of the vessels recorded to having entered this port is 363 meters. The maximum draught is 9.4 meters. The maximum Deadweight is 28414t.} Cozumel is the 4th world passenger port, by traffic (3,3 million).

Gallery

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References

2010 census tables: INEGI
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática Populated places in Quintana Roo Cozumel Populated places in islands of Mexico

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