Valle de Banderas, Nayarit, Mexico

History | Geography

🇲🇽 Valle de Banderas is a town in the state of Nayarit, Mexico. It is the administrative seat of the surrounding municipality of Bahía de Banderas.

History At the foot of the Vallejo Mountains in the Pre-Columbian period, "Tintoque" (Valley of the Warriors) was the village centre of a small chieftainship of Cuyuteco Indians, within the larger Xalisco homeland of the Cuyuteco. They cultivated the fertile fields of the valley, rather than going to the sea, for their main food sources.

The village was renamed "Valle de Banderas" (Valley of the Flags) by Francisco Cortés de Buenaventura, the nephew of Hernán Cortés, when he conquered the Pacific coast region in 1525.

The town of Valle de Banderas, with a 140-year-old church, is the oldest and most important town in the municipality.

Geography Valle de Banderas, locally known as El Valle, is a small town is located at the foot of the Vallejo Mountains. It is located around 20 miles (32 km) inland from the Pacific Coast at Bucerías.

Historical crops still being cultivated in the valley include tobacco, corn, beans and chiles. An abundance of mangoes, chirimoyos, capomos, and date palms grow in the area.

Bahia Banderas Time 
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Valle de Banderas has a population of over 5,528 people. Valle de Banderas also forms the centre of the wider Bahía de Banderas municipality which has a population of over 83,739 people. Valle de Banderas is situated 34 km north of Puerto Vallarta.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Valle de Banderas has links with:

🇲🇽 Zapopan, Mexico
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Antipodal to Valle de Banderas is: 74.767,-20.8

Locations Near: Valle de Banderas -105.233,20.8

🇲🇽 Puerto Vallarta -105.224,20.607 d: 21.5  

🇲🇽 Compostela -104.9,21.233 d: 59.3  

🇲🇽 Tepic -104.883,21.5 d: 85.9  

🇲🇽 Ameca -104.033,20.55 d: 127.9  

🇲🇽 Autlán -104.367,19.767 d: 146.1  

🇲🇽 Autlán de Navarro -104.367,19.767 d: 146.1  

🇲🇽 Cocula -103.822,20.365 d: 154.6  

🇲🇽 Jalisco -103.683,20.567 d: 163.3  

🇲🇽 Zapopan -103.422,20.73 d: 188.5  

🇲🇽 Tlajomulco de Zúñiga -103.433,20.467 d: 190.9  

Antipodal to: Valle de Banderas 74.767,-20.8

🇲🇺 Centre de Flacq 57.718,-20.2 d: 18238.9  

🇲🇺 Mahébourg 57.7,-20.407 d: 18239  

🇲🇺 Rivière du Rempart 57.633,-20.05 d: 18228.6  

🇲🇺 Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 18219.1  

🇲🇺 St Pierre 57.517,-20.217 d: 18218.2  

🇲🇺 Port Louis 57.5,-20.15 d: 18215.8  

🇲🇺 Mauritius 57.499,-20.162 d: 18215.8  

🇲🇺 Moka 57.496,-20.219 d: 18216.1  

🇲🇺 Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 18216.5  

🇲🇺 Port-Louis 57.496,-20.165 d: 18215.6  

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