Isla Mujeres (, Spanish for "Island of the Women") is an island in the Caribbean Sea, about off the Yucatán Peninsula coast. The island is some long and wide. To the east is the Caribbean Sea with a strong surf and rocky coast, and to the west the skyline of Cancún can be seen across the clear waters. In the 2010 census, the namesake town on the island had a population of 12,642 inhabitants.