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Animas Destination Guide

Touring Animas in Mexico

Animas in the region of Nayarit is located in Mexico - some 409 mi or ( 658 km ) North-West of Mexico City , the country's capital city .

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Time in Animas is now 12:08 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Mazatlan " with a UTC offset of -7 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Tepic, Saltillo, Puerta de Platanares, Nanche, and Morelia. Being here already, consider visiting Tepic . Check out our recommendations for Animas ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Aguamilpa Dam

The Aguamilpa Dam is an embankment dam on the Río Grande de Santiago in the Mexican state of Nayarit, 38 km northeast of Tepic. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supplies a 960 MW power station with water. Construction on the dam began in 1989 and it was completed in 1993 while the power station became operational in 1994.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 21.78 -104.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Concrete-face rock-fill dams, Dams completed in 1993, Dams in Mexico, Hydroelectric power stations in Mexico

El Nayar

El Nayar is a municipality in the Mexican state of Nayarit. The population was 30,551 in 2005 in a total area of 5,100 km². The municipal seat of Jesús María had a population of 1,520 in 2005. El Nayar is the home of the Huichol and the Cora Indians. El Nayar is the largest municipality in territorial dimension in the state. Its area makes up 18.46% of the surface of the state. It is also the sparsely populated.

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Located at 21.88 -104.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Nayarit, Sierra Madre Occidental