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Once a fishing village in the 1970's of 120 people has recently swelled to a resident population of half a million. Cancun receives almost two million visitors a year. It is slightly closer to Miami than it is to Mexico City, and if you come bring some energy there are tons of things to do. Striking white-sand beaches; high-class entertainment including parachuting, jet-skiing, scuba-diving and golf; a hectic nightlife, and from here much of the rest of the Yucatan is easily accessible.
There are, in effect, two distinctive parts that separate Cancun. The zona commercial or downtown. Consists of shopping centers and residential center, and the zona hotelera, a string of hotels and tourist amenities around "Cancun island". Better described as a narrow strip of sandy land connected to the mainland at each end by causeways. It encloses a huge lagoon, so there's water on both sides.
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