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Quintana Roo
Quintana Roo is a state of Mexico on the eastern side of the Yucatán Peninsula, along the Caribbean coast. It holds Maya sites such as Tulum, Cobá and Dzibanche, and was long a stronghold of rebel Maya during the Caste War. Made a federal territory in 1902, it became a state in 1974 and is now a centre of tourism around Cancún.
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