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The poor farming conditions in the area show that it was likely built for defense purposes and trading. The ruins were first described by explorer Antonio Alzate in 1777. [ citation needed ] In 1810, Alexander von Humboldt published a description and illustration of Xochicalco, based on Alzate's description and an engraving published in Mexico ...
Huatulco Airport experienced rapid growth up to March 2022, becoming one of the fastest-growing airports in the country and offerting nonstop flights to many major cities in Mexico and seasonal flights to destinations in the United States and Canada. [3] In 2024, the airport served 847,178 passengers, a 7.4% decrease from previous year. [1]
Huatulco National Park, also known as Bahias de Huatulco National Park is a national park of Oaxaca, Mexico. It was initially declared a protected area and later decreed as a National Park on July 24, 1998. Located in the Municipality of Santa María Huatulco, to the west of Cruz Huatulco, it extends to an area of 11,890 ha (29,400 acres).
Bahias de Huatulco is divided into four main districts. Tangolunda is the area where the large upscale resorts are located; Santa Cruz is a small town with the main marina and Santa Cruz beach; La Crucecita, is another small town just inland from the beach area which provides support services to the area, and Chahué is an area between Santa Cruz and Tangolunda.
Puerto Escondido International Airport has flights to the city of Oaxaca, Monterrey and Mexico City. Commercial buses from the city of Oaxaca take about three to four hours. A new three-lane superhighway ("supercarretera") from Oaxaca has been constructed Ventanillas, Oaxaca , about 13 km east of Puerto Escondido, where it meets the old coastal ...
La Pintada is an archaeological site located some 60 kilometers south of the city of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, within the "La Pintada" canyon, part of the "Sierra Libre", a small mountain massif of the coastal plains that extends throughout the Sonoran Desert.
The city is set in the low rolling mountains that lead from the Sierra Madre Oriental to the Gulf coast near the Tecolutla River. [11] In ancient times, this city was located in the northeast corner of what is called Mesoamerica, [ 12 ] and controlled an area from between the Cazones and Tecolutla Rivers to the modern state of Puebla . [ 13 ]
Los Guachimontones is the largest Late Formative to Classic period (300 BCE to 450/500 CE) pre-Columbian archaeological site in the state of Jalisco. [1] Situated in the hills above the town of Teuchitlán that provides the namesake for the culture that built the site, Los Guachimontones is part of the Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila UNESCO world heritage site and ...