Cancun did not become an official part of Mexico until 1974
Quintana Roo is where Cancun is. Lots of people don’t know that Quintana Roo and Cancun did not even become a part of Mexico until 1974.
Although Quintana Roo was a territory of Mexico since 1905, it did not become an official state until October 8, 1974.
It is Mexico’s youngest state. Quintana Roo, like Yucatan, is a Mexican state in the Yucatan Peninsula, and is one of the states in Mexico where the Maya live.
Excerpted from the End of the World 2012 Book and End of the World 2012 EBook
Carol Chapman, director/producer of the End of the World 2012 Movie and the Yucatan Travel Movie