La Pesca is a small town in the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate en ...
of
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...
. It is located on the
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United ...
, at the mouth of the
Río Soto La Marina, between the
Laguna Madre to the north and the
Laguna Morales to the south.
It stands due east of state capital
Ciudad Victoria, in the municipality of
Soto la Marina.
The local economy is mainly based on fishing, tourism, and maritime recreational activities. La Pesca is also frequently used as a reference point ("
breakpoint") in government-issued weather advisories.
External links
*http://www.lapescatamaulipas.com
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Populated places in Tamaulipas