Compostela
Municipality
Rincón de Guayabitos
Rincón de Guayabitos
Official seal of Compostela
Seal
Location of Compostela municipality in Nayarit
Location of Compostela municipality in Nayarit
Compostela is located in Mexico
Compostela
Compostela
Location of Compostela in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°14′20″N 104°54′00″W / 21.23889°N 104.90000°W / 21.23889; -104.90000
CountryMexico
StateNayarit
Founded1530
Founded byNuño de Guzmán
SeatCompostela
Government
 • Presidente municipalRomina Chang Aguilar (Morena )
Area
 • Municipality823.6 km2 (318.0 sq mi)
Highest elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Population
 • Municipality37,478
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Urban
10,187
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST (Zona Pacífico))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT (Zona Pacífico))
Postal Code
63740
Area Code323, 327,
Websitecompostela.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.

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,and Playa Platanitos, as well as the islands in the bay of Jaltemba, with a good infrastructure of services.

Government

Municipal presidents

Municipal president Term Political party Notes
Petronilo Díaz Ponce[1] 1917
Manuel Pimienta Hernández 1918
Rafael Dávila 1919
José Ma. Regalado Larios 1920–1921
Fernando Romero Paredes 1922–1923
Gustavo Luna Plata 1924
Pedro Ibarra Trujillo 1925
Gustavo Luna Plata 1926
Rafael Ibarra Trujillo 1927
Alberto Rodríguez Rocha 1928
Rafael Ibarra Trujillo 1929
Narciso Piña 1930 PNR
Gustavo B. Maciel 1931 PNR
Apolonio Aguirre Delgado 1931 PNR
Jorge Olimón Colio 1932–1933 PNR
Juan Manuel Larios 1934 PNR
Guillermo Flores Abena 1935 PNR
Joaquín Betancourt 1935 PNR
Jesús Puga Flores 1936 PNR
Alfonso Ocegueda Carrillo 1937–1938 PNR
Isidro Mora Piña 1938 PRM
Alfonso Rodríguez Aguirre 1939–1940 PRM
Reyes Orozco Villa 1941 PRM
Pedro Arciniega Álvarez 1941–1942 PRM
Eduardo Arcadia Mediana 1943–1944 PRM
Martiniano Trejo González 1945–1948 PRM
PRI
Fernando Ulloa González 1949–1951 PRI
Martiniano Trejo González 1952–1954 PRI
Juan Gradilla Vidriales 1955–1958 PRI
Salvador Gutiérrez Contreras 1958–1960 PRI
Manuel Gradilla Muñoz 1961–1963 PRI
Indalencio Esparza 1963 PRI Acting municipal president
Raymundo Zavala Sánchez 1964–1966 PRI
Rafael Machuca Medina 1967–1969 PRI
Juan Hernández García 1969–1971 PRI
Javier Ayón Uribe 1970–1972 PRI
Ángel Ocegueda Cuevas 1973–1975 PRI
Juan Manuel Inda Vallejo 1976–1978 PRI
Nicolás Aguirre Anzaldo 1978–1979 PRI
Enrique Medina Lomelí 1979–1981 PRI
Alejandro González Sánchez 1981–1982 PRI
Ramón Pimienta Aguirre 1982–1984 PRI
Arnulfo Peña Banda 1984–1987 PRI
Heriberto Conde Valdés 1987–1990 PRI
Macario Aguayo Durán 1990–1992 PRI
José Luis Flores de los Ángeles 1992–1993 PRI
Baltazar Cruz Dueñas 1993–1996 PRI
Andrés Villaseñor Salazar[2] 17-09-1996–16-09-1999 PRI
Juan Aguirre Chávez[3] 17-09-1999–16-09-2002 PRI
Alicia Monroy Lizola[4] 17-09-2002–16-09-2005 PRI
Marco Antonio Moreno Venegas[5] 17-09-2005–16-09-2008 PRI
Héctor López Santiago[6] 17-09-2008–16-09-2011 PRI
Panal 		Coalition "For the Nayarit We All Want"
Pablo Pimienta Márquez[7] 17-09-2011–16-09-2014 PAN
Alicia Monroy Lizola[8] 17-09-2014–16-09-2017 PRI
Panal
PVEM 		Coalition "For the Good of All"
Gloria Núñez Sánchez [es][9][10][11] 17-09-2017–27-03-2018 PAN
PRD
PT
PRS 		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 Delgado 28-03-2018–06-12-2018 PAN
PRD
PT
PRS 		Coalition "Together for You". Acting municipal president
Gloria Núñez Sánchez[12][13][14] 07-12-2018–14-03-2019 PAN
PRD
PT
PRS 		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] 22-03-2019–16-09-2021 PAN
PRD
PT
PRS 		Coalition "Together for You". Acting municipal president for the second time
Romina Chang Aguilar[16] 17-09-2021– PT
PVEM
Panal

Morena

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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