Puerto Escondido
Puerto Escondido is a city in Mexico with a population of about 29,903.
MexicoTown🏆 #338 most populated in Mexico🕐 America/Mexico_City
Puerto Escondido is a Mexican city-port and tourist center in the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec Distrito 22 in the state of Oaxaca. Prior to the 1930s, there was no town. The bay had been used as a port intermittently to ship coffee, but there was no permanent settlement due to the lack of potable water. The name "Puerto Escondido" had roots in the legend of a woman who escaped her captors and hid there. The Nahuatl word for this area was Zicatela, meaning "place of large thorns". Today, it refers to the area's most famous beach.
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About Puerto Escondido
| Country | Mexico |
| Continent | North America |
| Explore | 20 |
| Population | 29,903 |
| Local currency | MXN |
| Coordinates | 15.8628, -97.0683 |
| Time zone | America/Mexico_City |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Town |
| Distance to the capital | 453 km · Mexico City |
| Population (Mexico) | #338 most populated in Mexico |
| Where on Earth | 15°51′46″N · 97°4′6″W |
| Hemisphere | N · W |
| Distance to the equator | 1,766 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 8,253 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Belagavi (India) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -15.86, 82.93 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Los Angeles | 2,928 km |
| New York | 3,545 km |
| São Paulo | 7,016 km |
| London | 9,102 km |
| Paris | 9,355 km |
| Moscow | 10,997 km |