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For other uses, see Quintana Roo (disambiguation). Quintana Roo (Spanish pronunciation: [kinËtana Ëro]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo), is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into ten municipalities and its capital city is Chetumal.
1 The Southeastern Zone (Zona Sureste) The state of Quintana Roo, which is home to Cancun and the Riviera Maya is on Southeastern time as of February 1, 2015. 2  The state had previously been on Central time. The Central Zone (Zona Centro) covers over three fourths of the country-covering all of central and eastern Mexico, including the capital, Mexico City, and stretching all the way to Cancun in the Yucatan Peninsula. 2  The Central Zone is equivalent to the Central Time Zone in the U.S. and Canada (UTC -6).