Santa Lucia is about 43 miles from the City of Chetumal, the capital of the Quintana Roo State, and about 186 miles from the city of Cancun, the first tourist site of the country, and about 93 miles from Belize City in Central America. All of these cities provide all services including international airports. The coast of the Caribbean and popular resorts is about 70 miles towards the east.

The closest locality of importance is Bacalar which has a population of about 12,000 in the same Municipality; it is a place of singular beauty and of tourism importance. It counts on 5 star hotels along the shores of the Laguna de los 7 Colores (The Lagoon of the 7 Colors), as well as restaurants of high quality and of gastronomical variety, and places of interests such as el Cenote Azul and the San Felipe Fort.

The San Felipe lagoon has an extension of approximately 11 miles. The composition of the soil corresponds to what is known as the Slab of the Yucatan, this is a very compact and level slab with limestone formations and sedimentary rocks. The surface of the land for the most part is very flat, with a smooth inclination from south to north, and the maximum height, with relationship to sea level, is not no more than 49 feet.

 
The predominant climate of the region is semi-humid with rains in the summer time and part in the winter time. The temperature recorded, is a small variation in the summer time, the warmest months are April and May and the least warmest month is January. The mid year temperature varies in between 77 degrees Fahrenheit and 79 degrees Farenheit with a maximum temperature in between 82 degrees Farenheit and 84 degrees Farenheit and a minimum temperature in between 73 degrees Farenheit and 75 degrees Farenheit. Between August and September the hurricanes are presented, with winds of more than 75 miles per hour and gusts up to 155 miles per hour with more intensity over the coast.

In the jungle, medium and low sized hills exist, just like the savannahs and manglares that exist in the Municipality of Othon P. Blanco. Like in the rest of the state, the wild fauna is tropical and certain species stand out such as the jaguar, the badger, the deer, the wild boar, the spotted cavy, the squirrel, the saraguato, the spider monkey, the ant eater, and the armadillo, among others. In the aquatic part of the land exist crocodiles, and lizards and several species of that sort. Also there are small, medium and large turtles. Fish include the tilapia, bream, and the zaballo fish.

The tropical forest adjoins a strip of another medium sized forest where the trees reach a height of 39 to 82 feet respectively, there, one is able to see innumerable species of rambling plants and plants that grow on one another. Amongst the most common species stand out the Dzalam, the Ciricote, the Plum tree, the Ramon, the Jabin, the Coral tree, the Chechen, the Chakah, the Cedar, and the Mahogony. The clearing that is done in order to cultivate, and the immoderate felling of precious woods comes with the result of the appearance of low land with plants that lack forest type of value. In the marshy zones that are located to the east and northeast of the city, one can observe species such as the red and white Manglar and other type of thickets and bushes.

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