Puerto Juárez
Puerto Juárez | |
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Gran Puerto port in Puerto Juárez | |
Interactive map of Puerto Juárez | |
| Coordinates: 21°10′56.6″N 86°48′31.4″W / 21.182389°N 86.808722°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Quintana Roo |
| Municipality | Benito Juárez |
| City | Cancún |
Puerto Juárez is a district in the Benito Juárez municipality, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It is in the north-east of the Yucatán Peninsula, on the shore of the Caribbean Sea, 2 km (1.25 mi) north from the center of Cancún. Puerto Juárez was the primary location of the original population of the area before the founding of the city of Cancún, and was a separate location from 1960 until 1990 when it was abolished as such and incorporated as one of Cancún's districts.