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Chetumal

American  
[che-too-mahl] / ˌtʃɛ tuˈmɑl /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Quintana Roo, in SE Mexico.


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Both of my parents were born in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico and studied in Merida.

From Salon Jan. 4, 2025

“I do not understand what the government is waiting for to act,” says Nataly Castelblanco Martínez, a Colombian conservation biologist at the Autonomous University of Quintana Roo in Chetumal, Mexico, and co-author of the study.

From Scientific American Mar. 2, 2023

After speaking to Dr. Ceballos in Mexico City, I headed for Calakmul, flying first to Chetumal, the capital of Quintana Roo, on the southeastern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula near the border with Belize.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 2022

Sojo said Mexico will receive downloads from Landsat 8 at a station operated by the country's space agency in the Caribbean coastal city of Chetumal, on the southeastern border with Belize.

From US News Nov. 13, 2015

I sat back and regarded Chetumal with new affection.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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