Quintana Roo Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Quintana Roo
This eastern part of theYucatán Peninsulashares much history with the neighboring states ofYucatánandCampeche; a long Maya heritage and conquest by the Spanish in the 1500s. It was long part of the state of Yucatán. In the 1840s, however, local Maya people revolted against the Hispanic people who dominated politically and economically, starting what is called "the War of the Castes". With long battles the Maya succeeded in driving out the non-Maya from this area, and established their own government with the capital in Chan Santa Cruz, now the town ofFelipe Carrillo Puerto. The Maya state was briefly recognized as an independent nation by the British Empire. An uneasy truce ended in the 1890s with a Mexican counter attack which succeeded in bring the area back under the Mexican flag in 1
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