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Puerto La Cruz is the terminus of the 145 km (90 mi) Carapito-Puerto la Cruz oil pipeline, the 155 km (96 mi) San Joaquin-Puerto la Cruz oil pipeline and the 184 km (114 mi) Anaco-Puerto la Cruz gas pipeline. [1] The city is the gateway to a large national park. The beaches of Mochima National Park surround the city. Places such as Isla de ...
Coatzacoalcos (Spanish: [koatsakoˈalkos]; Nahuatl languages: Koatzakwalko; Zapotec: Niniashi; Popoluca: Puertu) is a major port city in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz, mostly on the western side of the Coatzacoalcos River estuary, on the Bay of Campeche, on the southern Gulf of Mexico coast.
Chetumal has become known for its traditional wood buildings, few of which survive. In Pre-Columbian times, a city called Chactemal (sometimes rendered as "Chetumal" in early European sources), probably today's Santa Rita in Belize, [6] [7] was the capital of a Maya state of the same name that roughly controlled the southern quarter of modern Quintana Roo and the northeast portion of Belize.
Federal Highway 200 (Carretera Federal 200), also known as Carretera Pacífico, is a federal highway of Mexico. [2] The Carretera Pacífico is the main leg of the Pacific Coastal Highway within Mexico and travels along the Pacific Coast from Federal Highway 15 in Tepic, Nayarit, in the north to the Guatemala–Mexico border at Talismán, Chiapas, in the south.
Altamira, Tamaulipas; Río Largartos, Yucatán; Port of Progreso, Yucatán; Alvarado, Veracruz; Tamiahua, Veracruz; Barra de Tuxpan, Veracruz; Tecolutla, Veracruz ...
Islands in Gulf of California Name State Location Height Area Altamura Island: Sonora: 101.17 km 2 (39.06 sq mi) : Isla Ángel de la Guarda: Baja California: 1,300 m (4,265 ft)
After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519−1521), the Pacific Coast of present-day Mexico was first seen by Europeans at Acapulco Bay. It occurred in either 1523 by explorers sent by Hernán Cortés via land, or in 1526 by Santiago Guevara via ship.
Los Arcos National Marine Park is a national marine park in Mexico. It is located in the Bahía de Banderas, near the settlements of Puerto Vallarta and Mismaloya. The arches themselves are called Los Arcos de Mismaloya, "the Mismaloya Arches" in Spanish. The islets and below is home to many types of wildlife, from birds to sea turtles. [1]