Puerto Vallerta is a Mexican city
situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahia de Banderas. The 2005
census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 177,830 making it
the fifth-largest city in the state of Jalisco. The City of
Puerto Vallarta is the government seat of the Municipality of
Puerto Vallarta which comprises the city as well as population
centers outside of the city extending from Boca de Tomatlán to
the Nayarit border. The municipality's population in the 2005
census was 220,368.
The municipality has an area of 502.19
square miles (1,300.67 km˛). To the North it borders the SW part
of the state of Nayarit. To the East it borders the municipality
of Mascota and San Sebastián, and to the South it borders the
municipalities of Talpa de Allende and Cabo Corriente.
Puerto Vallarta is named after Ignacio
Vallarta, a former govenor of Jalisco. In Spanish Puerto
Vallarta is often shortened to "Vallarta", while
English speakers call the city P.V. for short. The city
occasionally is spelled or pronounced as Porto
Vallarta. A nice town with lots of activites going on in the
area of the Zukalo.
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| Activities
take place by the Zukalo |
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| You
must visit this charming church too |
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| Look
around on the road along the shore |
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| Houses |
Dia del Muertos |
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| Sculptures
made by sand on the beach |
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