 |
|
|
 |
|
NEW FEATURED PROPERTY!
Jalisco Information:
Jalisco borders the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the states of Nayarit to the north west, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí to the north, Guanajuato to the east, and Colima and Michoacán to the south. In 2003 Jalisco had an estimated population of 6,487,000 people. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara. Within Jalisco are included the cities of Chapala, Ciudad Guzmán, Talpa de Allende and Puerto Vallarta. Guadalajara and the surrounding municipalities of Tonalá, Tlaquepaque, Tlajomulco, and Zapopan make up the Guadalajara Metropolitan Zone or Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara. Most of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest freshwater lake, lies within the boundaries of Jalisco. Jalisco is known for being the birthplace of Mariachi music, Tequila, Vicente Fernandez, and Carlos Santana. Click to read more on Wikipedia
Puerto Vallarta (which would translate into English as "Port Vallarta") is a city in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Some English language speakers call the city P.V. for short, due to the difficulty some have in pronouncing the double "L" in "Vallarta". The city fronts the Bahía de Banderas on the Pacific Ocean. The city is important primarily as a tourist destination. Shipping traffic consists of cruise ships which arrive almost daily, and occasional visits by U.S. Navy frigates. The Mexican Navy maintains a base at the port, as well as a well-known naval hospital in the city center. In 2003 Puerto Vallarta reported an estimated population of 165,800 and about 5 million overnight stays by tourists. It is also a popular spring break hotspot. History Unlike Cancún (another leading Mexican tourist destination), Puerto Vallarta was a traditional village before gaining worldwide recognition as a travel destination. The village was originally founded on December 12, 1851, by Don Guadalupe Sánchez Torres, who named it "Las Peñas de Santa María de Guadalupe" ("the rocks of Saint Mary of Guadalupe"). The name was eventually truncated to "Puerto Las Peñas" ("Port Las Peñas") which literally translates as "Port the Rocks." The original reason for the port was to enable the transshipment of silver from nearby mines. In 1918, the village was elevated to municipality status and renamed after former state governor Ignacio L. Vallarta. In 1963, it became famous worldwide after director John Huston decided to make a movie version of Tennessee Williams's play The Night of the Iguana in what was then a quiet fishing village. During the filming, the paparazzi had a field day covering Elizabeth Taylor's scandalous affair with Richard Burton, as well as the constant tension between Huston and the film's four stars. The subsequent publicity helped to attract foreign investors in the 1970s, which resulted in the massive expansion of Puerto Vallarta to its current size. Today, there is a statue of Huston in the park on La Isla Rio Cuale in the center of the city. A nearby plaque dedicated on the 25th anniversary of the film's release honors Huston's contribution to the city's fame. Puerto Vallarta's outer jungle areas, is also the location where the movie Predator (starring California governor and former actor Arnold Schwarzenegger) was filmed.
Click to read more on Wikipedia
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jalisco
is one of states of the United Mexican States (Mexico). Jalisco has an
area of about 79,085 km² or 30,535 square miles (some municipalities
are currently being disputed with neighboring states).