Las Varas is located 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 ...
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Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, just a few miles southeast from
Zacualpan and west
Compostela. It is near the beaches of
Chacala
Chacala is a beach-town set in small cove on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the State of Nayarit. It is located near pueblo Las Varas and about north of Puerto Vallarta. The name means "where there are shrimp" in Náhuatl, and is part of the coa ...
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Chacalilla,
Lo De Marcos,
Los Ayala Los Ayala is a small beach town and fishing village located in the municipality of Compostela, in the Mexican state of Nayarit
Nayarit (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), is one of t ...
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Rincón de Guayabitos
Rincón de Guayabitos (also known simply as Guayabitos) is a popular beach resort area located in the municipality of Compostela, in the Mexican state of Nayarit. The resort area occupies about two km of beachfront and is a popular vacation place ...
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La Peñita de Jaltemba,
Playa Tortugas, and
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
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Populated places in Nayarit
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