Tecuala is both a municipality and a town 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 the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its ...

, on the Pacific coast. The population of the municipality was 42,237 in a total area of 1,137 km² (2000) while the population of the town and municipal seat was 14,584 (2000). One of the longest beaches in the world, Playa Novillero, is located here.

General information

"Tecuala" is the Castilian form of the Tecuallan word, which means ''"place of many wild animals"''. The municipality of Tecuala is located in the northern part of the state of

, between parallels 22° 14', and 22° 34' north latitude and meridians 105° 14' and 105° 45' west longitude. It is bounded in the north by the state of

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and the municipality of

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; in the south by the municipalities of

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and

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, in the east by the municipality of

and in the west by the

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. Most of the land is flat and tending to mangrove swamps in the west, forming part of the national protected zone called Marismas Nacionales. The most important river is the

, which flows into the

Agua Brava lagoon Agua means water in Spanish. Agua may also refer to: Places * ''Agua de Dios'' (God's water), a municipality in Colombia * Volcán de Agua, a stratovolcano located in Guatemala Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Agua'' (film), a 2006 Argentin ...

Climate

The climate is hot, tropical, subhumid, with the rainy season from July to September, and the hottest months from June to August. The average annual rainfall is 1,200 mm. and the average annual temperature is 22 °C, varying between 26 °C and 18 °C.

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture with the main crops being sorghum, beans, tobacco, corn, chili peppers, watermelon and

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. There is also widespread cattle raising. Shrimp farming is carried out in the many lagoons. It is said, that former governor of

state;

Antonio Toledo Corro Antonio Toledo Corro (1 April 1919 – 6 July 2018) was a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Born in Escuinapa de Hidalgo, he served as municipal president of Mazatlán from 1959 to 1962. Toledo ran a ...

and Monterrey-based developers Grupo Novisa who apparently own the peninsula have a very aggressive plan with the idea to start a new era for the new Riviera which will employ hundreds of people and increase the living standards of the people who live within the area.

Tourism

The popular Novillero beach is listed in ''

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'' for being one of the longest beaches in the world—82 kilometers. The Acaponeta River flows into the ocean here and nearby is the Agua Brava lagoon, a place of great fishing and shrimp production. In San Felipe Aztatán, one can visit a monument to the origins of the

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. Today, Tecuala is the new target for real estate developers focused on tourist matters. Playa Novillero, especially the "Peninsula", which has a total area of approximately with ocean and river front, has very attractive plans within the next months to initiate a new concept of a tourist project.

References

External links

XETD Radio Paraiso de TecualaInstituto Nacional de Estadística
{{Authority control Populated places in Nayarit Municipalities of Nayarit