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“Place of Shrimps” Chacala Fast Facts Location – Chacala is located on the Pacific Ocean coastal plain, ten miles west of Las Varas. Weather – Tropics. Beautiful warm winters and hot and humid from July to October – the rainy season. Population – 300 Elevation – 1 meter Founded – 1524 by Spaniard Francisco Cortés Industry - Fishing and Tourism Medical – Doctor. Hospital in la Varas Money – Nearby town of Las Varas for Banks and ATM Airport – Puerto Vallarta History: South coast of Nayarit and highlands of Jalisco were inhabited by the Tecoxquin (sometimes referred to as the Throat cutters) from approximately 2000 to 2300 BC. They left petroglyphs in Alta Vista and other nearby places. Mainly fishermen and farmers they also traded salt and cotton and coaco reaching Sinaloa to the north, Colima to the south and Michoacán to the east. The small villages were under control of Teuzacualpan Chila Valley – now known as Zacualpan. They practiced Shamanism and used psychotropic plants to communicate with their Gods during altered states. The Tecoxquin’s were wiped out through disease and epidemics once the Spanish arrived. In 1524 Hernán Cortés' nephew Spaniard Francisco Cortés de Buena Ventura arrived in the bay and later Portuguese explorer Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeño stopped in Chacala on January 7, 1596 from Manila. Father Kino departed from Chacala in 1683 on his way north. Chacala was a small commercial port in the 1800 (coffee) and did not reach the import of commercial volume that San Blas or Puerto Vallarta did. Festivals Things to See and Do Alta Vista Beach comb, relax, water sports, fish Accommodation: Hotels RV Parks
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Chacala, Nayarit
Directions:
Drive Highway 200 South of Las Varas Nayarit and turn West at
the intersection marked Chacala. Turn and drive 11kms to the
beach and town.
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