Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Bacalar is the municipal seat and largest city in Bacalar Municipality (until 2011 a part of Othón P. Blanco Municipality) in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Chetumal, at 18° 40' 37" N, 88° 23' 43" W. In the 2010 census the city had a population of 11,084 people. At that time it was still a part of Othón P. Blanco, and was its second-largest city (locality), after Chetumal.

The name most likely derives from Mayan: b'ak halal, meaning "surrounded by reeds", the name of the locality attested at the time of the 16th century arrival of the Spanish.Bacalar is also the name of the lagoon, Bacalar lagoon on the east side of the town.

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