Compostela, Nayarit

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Compostela
Municipality
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Location of Compostela municipality in Nayarit
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Compostela
Location of Compostela in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°14′20″N104°54′00″W / 21.23889°N 104.90000°W / 21.23889; -104.90000
CountryMexico
State Nayarit
Founded 1530
Founded by Nuño de Guzmán
SeatCompostela
Government
 • Presidente municipalRomina Chang Aguilar (Morena Morena logo (Mexico).svg )
Area
 •  Municipality 823.6 km2 (318.0 sq mi)
Highest elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Population
 •  Municipality 37,478
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
 •  Urban
10,187
Time zone UTC-7 (MST (Zona Pacífico))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT (Zona Pacífico))
Postal Code
63740
Area Code 323, 327,
Website compostela.nayarit.gob.mx

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 62,925 (2005 census) in a total area of 1,848 km² (713.5 sq mi). The town and its municipal seat had a population of 15,991 in 2000.

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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, Lo de Marcos and Playa Platanitos, as well as the islands in the bay of Rincón de Guayabitos, with a good infrastructure of services.

Government

Municipal presidents

Municipal presidentTermPolitical partyNotes
Petronilo Díaz Ponce [1] 1917
Manuel Pimienta Hernández1918
Rafael Dávila1919
José Ma. Regalado Larios1920–1921
Fernando Romero Paredes1922–1923
Gustavo Luna Plata1924
Pedro Ibarra Trujillo1925
Gustavo Luna Plata1926
Rafael Ibarra Trujillo1927
Alberto Rodríguez Rocha1928
Rafael Ibarra Trujillo1929
Narciso Piña1930 PNR Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Gustavo B. Maciel1931PNR Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Apolonio Aguirre Delgado1931PNR Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Jorge Olimón Colio1932–1933PNR Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Juan Manuel Larios1934PNR Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Guillermo Flores Abena1935PNR Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Joaquín Betancourt1935PNR Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Jesús Puga Flores1936PNR Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Alfonso Ocegueda Carrillo1937–1938PNR Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Isidro Mora Piña1938 PRM Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
Alfonso Rodríguez Aguirre1939–1940PRM Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
Reyes Orozco Villa1941PRM Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
Pedro Arciniega Álvarez1941–1942PRM Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
Eduardo Arcadia Mediana1943–1944PRM Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
Martiniano Trejo González1945–1948PRM Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Fernando Ulloa González1949–1951PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Martiniano Trejo González1952–1954PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Juan Gradilla Vidriales1955–1958PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Salvador Gutiérrez Contreras1958–1960PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Manuel Gradilla Muñoz1961–1963PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Indalencio Esparza1963PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg Acting municipal president
Raymundo Zavala Sánchez1964–1966PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Rafael Machuca Medina1967–1969PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Juan Hernández García1969–1971PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Javier Ayón Uribe1970–1972PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Ángel Ocegueda Cuevas1973–1975PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Juan Manuel Inda Vallejo1976–1978PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Nicolás Aguirre Anzaldo1978–1979PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Enrique Medina Lomelí1979–1981PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Alejandro González Sánchez1981–1982PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Ramón Pimienta Aguirre1982–1984PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Arnulfo Peña Banda1984–1987PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Heriberto Conde Valdés1987–1990PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Macario Aguayo Durán1990–1992PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
José Luis Flores de los Ángeles1992–1993PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Baltazar Cruz Dueñas1993–1996PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Andrés Villaseñor Salazar [2] 17-09-1996–16-09-1999PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Juan Aguirre Chávez [3] 17-09-1999–16-09-2002PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Alicia Monroy Lizola [4] 17-09-2002–16-09-2005PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Marco Antonio Moreno Venegas [5] 17-09-2005–16-09-2008PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Héctor López Santiago [6] 17-09-2008–16-09-2011PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Panal PNA logo (Mexico).svg 		Coalition "For the Nayarit We All Want"
Pablo Pimienta Márquez [7] 17-09-2011–16-09-2014 PAN PAN Party (Mexico).svg
Alicia Monroy Lizola [8] 17-09-2014–16-09-2017PRI PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Panal PNA logo (Mexico).svg
PVEM PVE logo (Mexico).svg 		Coalition "For the Good of All"
Gloria Núñez Sánchez  [ es ] [9] [10] [11] 17-09-2017–27-03-2018PAN PAN Party (Mexico).svg
PRD PRD logo without border (Mexico).svg
PT PT logo (Mexico).svg
PRS Partido de la Revolucion Socialista de Nayarit.svg 		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
Kenia Elizeth Núñez Delgado28-03-2018–06-12-2018PAN PAN Party (Mexico).svg
PRD PRD logo without border (Mexico).svg
PT PT logo (Mexico).svg
PRS Partido de la Revolucion Socialista de Nayarit.svg 		Coalition "Together for You". Acting municipal president
Gloria Núñez Sánchez [12] [13] [14] 07-12-2018–14-03-2019PAN PAN Party (Mexico).svg
PRD PRD logo without border (Mexico).svg
PT PT logo (Mexico).svg
PRS Partido de la Revolucion Socialista de Nayarit.svg 		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
Kenia Elizeth Núñez Delgado [15] 22-03-2019–16-09-2021PAN PAN Party (Mexico).svg
PRD PRD logo without border (Mexico).svg
PT PT logo (Mexico).svg
PRS Partido de la Revolucion Socialista de Nayarit.svg 		Coalition "Together for You". Acting municipal president for the second time
Romina Chang Aguilar [16] 17-09-2021–PT PT logo (Mexico).svg
PVEM PVE logo (Mexico).svg
Panal PNA logo (Mexico).svg

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References

  1. ↑ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Estado de Nayarit. Municipio de Compostela" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 1996. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Compostela. PRI: 8775 votos. PAN: 7242 votos. PT: 1081 votos. PRD: 795 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 1999. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Compostela. PRI: 11898 votos. PAN-PRD-PT-Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit (PSR): 11497 votos. Partido Popular Socialista (PPS): 235 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2002. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Compostela. PRI: 8723 votos. PAN: 7084 votos. PT: 3685 votos. PRD: 2573 votos. Convergencia: 190 votos. Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit (PSR): 117 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2005. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Compostela. PRI: 11100 votos. Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 7975 votos. PAN: 3003 votos. Convergencia: 660 votos. PVEM: 423 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2008. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Compostela. PRI-Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 12662 votos. PRD-PVEM: 4234 votos. PT: 4175 votos. PAN: 2706 votos. Convergencia-Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit (PRS): 315 votos. Alternativa Socialdemócrata: 117 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2011. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Compostela. PAN: 16432 votos. PRI-PVEM-Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 11545 votos. PRD: 2349 votos. PT-Convergencia: 884 votos. Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit (PRS): 251 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2014. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Compostela. PRI-PVEM-Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 12872 votos. PAN 12641 votos. PT: 1438 votos. Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit (PRS): 732 votos. MC: 622 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "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" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Rinde protesta Gloria Núñez como alcaldesa de Compostela". express (in Spanish). 18 September 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Gloria Núñez se separa de alcaldía; va por lugar en el Senado". Enfoque Nayarit (in Spanish). 2 April 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Gloria Núñez pide licencia como senadora y regresa a la presidencia de Compostela". Enfoque Nayarit (in Spanish). 10 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "Gloria Núñez pide licencia definitiva en Compostela y regresa al Senado". NTV Noticias (in Spanish). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Solicita Gloria Núñez licencia definitiva como alcalde de Compostela". El Sol de Nayarti (in Spanish). 16 March 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  15. ↑ "Kenia Núñez toma protesta como alcaldesa de Compostela". El Sol de Nayarit (in Spanish). 22 March 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  16. ↑ "Resultados Elecciones 2021: Así quedarían gobernados los municipios de Nayarit. Compostela: Romina Chang Aguilar" (in Spanish). 10 June 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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