Ports and Harbours of Mexico: Port Settlements in Mexico, Acapulco, Tampico, Tamaulipas, Puerto Vallarta, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mazatl N, Loreto

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 69. Chapters: Port settlements in Mexico, Acapulco, Tampico, Tamaulipas, Puerto Vallarta, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mazatlan, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Guaymas, Ensenada, Baja California, Coatzacoalcos, Cozumel, Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, San Felipe, Baja California, Campeche, Campeche, Manzanillo, Colima, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, Chacala, Salina Cruz, Benito Juarez Municipality, Quintana Roo, San Blas, Nayarit, Puerto Morelos, Ciudad del Carmen, Progreso, Yucatan, Port of Lazaro Cardenas, Puerto Salina, Sisal, Yucatan, Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Port of Chiapas, Ciudad Madero, Altamira Municipality, Tamaulipas, Calica, Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Puerto Cancun, Matanchen. Excerpt: Puerto Vallarta (Spanish pronunciation: ) is a Mexican balneario resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahia de Banderas. The 2010 census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 255,725 making it the sixth-largest city in the state of Jalisco. The City of Puerto Vallarta is the government seat of the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta which comprises the city as well as population centers outside of the city extending from Boca de Tomatlan to the Nayarit border (the Ameca River). The city is located at . The municipality has an area of 502.19 square miles (1,300.67 km ). To the North it borders the SW part of the state of Nayarit. To the east it borders the municipality of Mascota and San Sebastian del Oeste, and to the South it borders the municipalities of Talpa de Allende and Cabo Corriente. Puerto Vallarta is named after Ignacio Vallarta, a former governor of Jalisco. In Spanish, Puerto Vallarta is often shortened to Vallarta, while English speakers call the city P.V. for short. The city occasionally is spelled or pronounced as Porto Vallarta. In internet shorthand the city is often referred...