La Cruz De Huanacaxtle
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''La Cruz de Huanacaxtle'' ("The Cross of Huanacaxtle") is a Mexican fishing village situated on the
Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...
's Bahía de Banderas in the state of
Nayarit Nayarit (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its ...
. It is situated approximately 25 km from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. The town name comes from a cross that is made of Huanacaxtle wood which is located at the town's entrance.Cruz de Huanacaxtle description – La Joya Huanacaxtle
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History

The town was founded in the 1930s by the Chávez family. Cruz de Huanacaxtle The Chávez family still maintains a mango orchard on the outskirts of town. The Blanca family was also one of the original settlers of La Cruz as it is locally known. They, too, remain residents. In 2008, a major renovation of the harbor was completed and now hosts a marina, called Marina Riviera capable of handling vessels of up to 400 feet in length.


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Populated places in Nayarit {{Nayarit-geo-stub