Cuyutlán
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Cuyutlán is a town in the Mexican state of Colima, on the Pacific Ocean. Cuyutlán belongs to the municipality of Armería. There is also a Lagoon of Cuyutlán, which belongs to Armería and Manzanillo, the main Mexican harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Sea salt is produced there and has been since pre Columbian times. The process of salt mining can be viewed at the Museum of Salt (el Museo de la Sal).
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cuyutlán
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Armería Municipality
- Population
- 1006
- Area
- 1.5
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Image
- Cuyutlan.JPG
- Licence plate code
- 6
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- Commons category
- Cuyutlan, Colima
- native label
- Cuyutlán
- time of earliest written record
- 1554-00-00
- postal code
- 28350
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Cuyutlán is a town in the Mexican state of Colima, on the Pacific Ocean. Cuyutlán belongs to the municipality of Armería. There is also a Lagoon of Cuyutlán, which belongs to Armería and Manzanillo, the main Mexican harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Sea salt is produced there and has been since pre Columbian times. The process of salt mining can be viewed at the Museum of Salt (el Museo de la Sal).
Cuyutlán's El Paraiso Beach is home to a turtle sanctuary dedicated to protecting and conserving 3 species of turtles. These turtles come to Colima's coastline to lay eggs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cuyutlán” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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