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Populated coastal places in Mexico

  • TijuanaIn 1829, Santiago Argüello Moraga established a cattle ranch on a Mexican land grant and named it Rancho Tía Juana. The name derives from the Kumeyaay word…
  • Playa del CarmenPlaya del Carmen sits along the Caribbean Sea in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It belongs to the municipality of Solidaridad and lies…
  • CancúnThe name Cancún first appeared on 18th-century maps, though early Spanish sources recorded the island as a place known to its Maya inhabitants by a different…