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Explore El Colorado in Mexico

El Colorado in the region of Nayarit is a town in Mexico - some 393 mi or ( 632 km ) North-West of Mexico City , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of El Colorado

Current time in El Colorado is now 06:26 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Mazatlan " with a UTC offset of -7 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tepic, San Fernando, Saltillo, Saladita, and Puga. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tepic . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in El Colorado ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Family Adventure 2008

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Venture Teams International's Family Adventure 2008 Spring Break Mission trip highlights from Tepic and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico ..

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Interesting facts about this location

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 21.88 -104.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Nayarit, Sierra Madre Occidental

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.

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Located at 21.78 -104.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Concrete-face rock-fill dams, Dams completed in 1993, Dams in Mexico, Hydroelectric power stations in Mexico

Tepic

Tepic is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Nayarit. It is located in the central part of the state, at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:21|30|30|N|104|53|35|W| | |name= }}. It stands at an altitude above sea level of some 915 meters, on the banks of the Río Mololoa and the Río Tepic, approximately 225 kilometers north-west of Guadalajara, Jalisco. Nearby are the extinct Sangangüey volcano and its crater lake.

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Located at 21.51 -104.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 32 km away
Tags: Capitals of states of Mexico, Municipalities of Nayarit, Populated places established in 1542, Populated places in Nayarit, Tepic