Riviera Maya · Quintana Roo
Ejido land around each market: where title risk lives
Certified ejidos and communal land in the corridor’s municipalities, from the National Agrarian Registry.
The National Agrarian Registry (RAN) lists 280 certified agrarian nuclei across 11 municipalities of Quintana Roo, covering about 2,747,209 hectares of social property. Ejido land is held communally: it cannot be sold to a private buyer until it has been converted to private ownership (dominio pleno). Many disputes in the corridor start with a lot that was sold before that conversion was complete.
| Municipality | Ejidos | Social property (ha) |
|---|---|---|
| FELIPE CARRILLO PUERTO | 55 | 811,257 |
| OTHON P. BLANCO | 51 | 598,612 |
| BACALAR | 55 | 440,257 |
| JOSE MARIA MORELOS | 63 | 353,868 |
| LAZARO CARDENAS | 37 | 266,317 |
| TULUM | 14 | 106,068 |
| PUERTO MORELOS | 2 | 81,570 |
| SOLIDARIDAD | 4 | 32,859 |
| ISLA MUJERES | 1 | 29,012 |
| BENITO JUAREZ | 1 | 19,355 |
| COZUMEL | 1 | 8,034 |
| Zone | Nuclei |
|---|---|
| Bacalar | 55 |
| Tulum | 12 |
| Playa del Carmen | 4 |
| Puerto Morelos | 2 |
| Cozumel | 1 |
| Cancún | 1 |
What to ask before buying land or a cheap lot
Ask for the property’s folio in the Public Registry of Property and confirm with a notario that it is private property, not an ejido parcel or a parcel still in conversion. A price far below the neighbourhood median is the most common warning sign.
Explore agrarian nuclei by municipality →Figures in this note are calculated directly from Riviera Audit's datasets each time the page is opened. Nothing here is investment advice.
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