Puerto Nuevo is a town in
Playas de Rosarito Municipality
Playas de Rosarito Municipality ( es, Municipio de Playas de Rosarito) is located in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Baja California comprising part of the Tijuana metropolitan area. It lies just south of the city of Tijuana. Its m ...
,
Baja California
Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...
, located on the
Pacific Coast of Mexico
The Pacific Coast of Mexico or West Coast of Mexico stretches along the coasts of western Mexico at the Pacific Ocean and its Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez).
Geography
Baja California Peninsula
On the western Baja California Peninsula coas ...
. The 2010 census reported a population of 135 inhabitants. Puerto Nuevo is famous as the "Lobster Village" of Baja California.
Geography
Puerto Nuevo is a 10-minute drive south of the town of
Rosarito Beach
Rosarito is a coastal city in Playas de Rosarito Municipality, Baja California, situated on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. As of 2010, the city had a population of 65,278. Located south of the US-Mexico border, Rosarito is a part of the greater S ...
, and roughly 40 miles north of
Ensenada.
Tourism
There are several hotels in the area and dozens of restaurants, mostly featuring
lobster
Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs ...
, the local speciality. The town itself contains the usual shops and pharmacies found in most towns.
The famous surf break known as "Captain Ron's" lies 5 minutes north of Puerto Nuevo.
External links
Cities in Playas de Rosarito Municipality
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