Compostela, Nayarit
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| name = Compostela
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Nayarit
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| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1530
| founder = Nuño de Guzmán
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| seat = Compostela
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| leader_title = Presidente municipal
| leader_name = Romina Chang Aguilar
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 823.6
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| elevation_max_m = 30
| population_as_of = 2020https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/cpv/2020/resultadosrapidos/default.html?texto=Compostela
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| population_total = 77436
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|population_blank1=20322
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| timezone1 = MST (Zona Pacífico)
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| postal_code_type = Postal Code
| postal_code = 63740
| area_code_type = Area Code
| area_code = 323, 327,
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| website = {{URL|http://compostela.nayarit.gob.mx/}}
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Compostela is the name of both a municipality and of a town in it that serves as the seat; both are in the Mexican state of Nayarit. The municipality had 77,436 in 2020 and the seat 20,322. It has a total area of 1,848 km2 (713.5 sq mi).
Etymology
The name was given in honor of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain; tradition says that "Compostela" comes from Latin campus stellae, "field of stars" (another theory makes it come from composita tella or even compositella).
Geography
Compostela is located on the south coast of the state and is bounded in the north by San Blas and Xalisco; in the south by Bahía de Banderas and the state of Jalisco; in the east by Santa María del Oro, San Pedro Lagunillas and the state of Jalisco; in the west by the Pacific Ocean.
The largest settlements in the municipality are: Compostela (15,991 inhabitants in 2000), Las Varas (12,403), La Peñita de Jaltemba (7,062), Zacualpan (4,468), and Colonia Paraíso Escondido (2,069).
The climate is tempered by elevation, with rains from July to September. The hottest months are April and May. The average annual rainfall is 968.5 mm. The average annual temperature is 22.9 °C.
Economy
The economy is heavily based on agriculture. The main crops are tobacco, corn, beans, coffee, sorghum, and mangoes. There were around 50,000 head of cattle in 1995. There were several small gold and silver mines. In manufacturing the main products were cigars, mango packing, rice shelling, soap factories, cattle feed, furniture, and food and drink.
Tourism
This is a region that attracts a considerable number of local and foreign visitors due to the natural landscape, beaches, historical sites and the international fishing competitions.
Around Las Varas in the direction of the south there are beaches in the zone called Costa Alegre, among which should be mentioned: Chacala and Chacalilla, La Peñita de Jaltemba, Rincón de Guayabitos, Los Ayala, El Monteón,and Playa Platanitos, as well as the islands in the bay of Jaltemba, with a good infrastructure of services.
Government
= Municipal presidents =
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! Municipal president !width=90px| Term !width=90x| Political party !width=190px| Notes |
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|1917 | | |
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|Manuel Pimienta Hernández |1918 | | |
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|Rafael Dávila |1919 | | |
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|José Ma. Regalado Larios |1920–1921 | | |
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|Fernando Romero Paredes |1922–1923 | | |
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|Gustavo Luna Plata |1924 | | |
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|Pedro Ibarra Trujillo |1925 | | |
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|Gustavo Luna Plata |1926 | | |
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|Rafael Ibarra Trujillo |1927 | | |
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|Alberto Rodríguez Rocha |1928 | | |
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|Rafael Ibarra Trujillo |1929 | | |
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|Narciso Piña |1930 |PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | |
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|Gustavo B. Maciel |1931 |PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | |
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|Apolonio Aguirre Delgado |1931 |PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | |
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|Jorge Olimón Colio |1932–1933 |PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | |
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|Juan Manuel Larios |1934 |PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | |
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|Guillermo Flores Abena |1935 |PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | |
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|Joaquín Betancourt |1935 |PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | |
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|Jesús Puga Flores |1936 |PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | |
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|Alfonso Ocegueda Carrillo |1937–1938 |PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | |
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|Isidro Mora Piña |1938 |PRM File:Logo_Partido_de_la_Revolucion_Mexicana.svg | |
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|Alfonso Rodríguez Aguirre |1939–1940 |PRM File:Logo_Partido_de_la_Revolucion_Mexicana.svg | |
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|Reyes Orozco Villa |1941 |PRM File:Logo_Partido_de_la_Revolucion_Mexicana.svg | |
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|Pedro Arciniega Álvarez |1941–1942 |PRM File:Logo_Partido_de_la_Revolucion_Mexicana.svg | |
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|Eduardo Arcadia Mediana |1943–1944 |PRM File:Logo_Partido_de_la_Revolucion_Mexicana.svg | |
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|Martiniano Trejo González |1945–1948 |PRM File:Logo_Partido_de_la_Revolucion_Mexicana.svg | |
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|Fernando Ulloa González |1949–1951 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Martiniano Trejo González |1952–1954 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Juan Gradilla Vidriales |1955–1958 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Salvador Gutiérrez Contreras |1958–1960 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Manuel Gradilla Muñoz |1961–1963 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Indalencio Esparza |1963 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg |Acting municipal president |
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|Raymundo Zavala Sánchez |1964–1966 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Rafael Machuca Medina |1967–1969 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Juan Hernández García |1969–1971 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Javier Ayón Uribe |1970–1972 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Ángel Ocegueda Cuevas |1973–1975 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Juan Manuel Inda Vallejo |1976–1978 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Nicolás Aguirre Anzaldo |1978–1979 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Enrique Medina Lomelí |1979–1981 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Alejandro González Sánchez |1981–1982 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Ramón Pimienta Aguirre |1982–1984 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Arnulfo Peña Banda |1984–1987 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Heriberto Conde Valdés |1987–1990 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Macario Aguayo Durán |1990–1992 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|José Luis Flores de los Ángeles |1992–1993 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|Baltazar Cruz Dueñas |1993–1996 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|17-09-1996–16-09-1999 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|17-09-1999–16-09-2002 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|17-09-2002–16-09-2005 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|17-09-2005–16-09-2008 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
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|17-09-2008–16-09-2011 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg |Coalition "For the Nayarit We All Want" |
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|17-09-2011–16-09-2014 | |
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|17-09-2014–16-09-2017 |PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg |Coalition "For the Good of All" |
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|{{illm|Gloria Núñez Sánchez|es}}{{cite web|url=https://ieenayarit.org/PDF/elecciones/2017/PyS17.pdf|title=IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2017. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Compostela. PAN-PRD-PT-Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit (PRS): 12117 votos. PRI: 8440 votos. Morena: 3603 votos. MC: 2416 votos. Partido Encuentro Social (PES): 501 votos. PVEM: 431 votos. Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 337 votos|language=es|access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://periodicoexpress.com.mx/rinde-protesta-gloria-nunez-como-alcaldesa-de-compostela/|title=Rinde protesta Gloria Núñez como alcaldesa de Compostela|newspaper=express|date=18 September 2017|language=es|access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://enfoquenayarit.com/gloria-nunez-se-separa-de-alcaldia-va-por-lugar-en-el-senado/|title=Gloria Núñez se separa de alcaldía; va por lugar en el Senado|newspaper=Enfoque Nayarit|date=2 April 2018|language=es|access-date=8 December 2021}} |17-09-2017–27-03-2018 |PAN 22px |Coalition "Together for You". She was elected constitutional municipal president of Compostela. Applied for a temporary leave to run in the federal elections of Sunday 1 July 2018 towards a seat for Nayarit in the Senate of the Republic, which she got |
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|Kenia Elizeth Núñez Delgado |28-03-2018–06-12-2018 |PAN 22px |Coalition "Together for You". Acting municipal president |
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|Gloria Núñez Sánchez{{cite web|url=https://enfoquenayarit.com/gloria-nunez-pide-licencia-como-senadora-y-regresa-a-la-presidencia-de-compostela/|title=Gloria Núñez pide licencia como senadora y regresa a la presidencia de Compostela|newspaper=Enfoque Nayarit|date=10 December 2018|language=es|access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ntv.com.mx/2019/03/14/gloria-nunez-pide-licencia-definitiva-en-compostela-y-regresa-al-senado/|title=Gloria Núñez pide licencia definitiva en Compostela y regresa al Senado|newspaper=NTV Noticias|date=14 March 2019|language=es|access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.elsoldenayarit.mx/politica/65230-solicita-gloria-nunez-licencia-definitiva-como-alcalde-de-compostela|title=Solicita Gloria Núñez licencia definitiva como alcalde de Compostela|newspaper=El Sol de Nayarti|date=16 March 2019|language=es|access-date=8 December 2021}} |07-12-2018–14-03-2019 |PAN 22px |Coalition "Together for You". She returned from the Senate to the Municipal Presidency of Compostela. Again applied for a temporary leave from the Municipal Presidency, this time in a definitive way, to go back to occupy her seat in the Senate |
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|22-03-2019–16-09-2021 |PAN 22px |Coalition "Together for You". Acting municipal president for the second time |
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|17-09-2021–16-09-2024 Morena File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg | |
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|17-09-2024– |Morena File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg |Coalition "Sigamos Haciendo Historia" (Let's Keep Making History) |
References
{{Reflist}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130406130712/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110517162123/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_nayarit Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (Spanish)]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061030111531/http://www.carrillopuertonayarit.com/ Portal de Carrillo Puerto Nayarit(Spanish)]
- [http://www.interespacio.8 m.net/ Portal de Las Varas (Spanish)]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060819023434/http://www.rinconguayabitos.com/ Portal de Rincón de Guayabitos (Spanish)]
- [http://www.campoestrella.com/ Portal de la ciudad compostela Nayarit mexico. (Spanish)]
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