San Pedro Lagunillas Located in the southern state of Nayarit

San Pedro Lagunillas

took the name "Ximochoque" which means "Place of bitter gourds." The Spanish arrived the place was renamed San Pedro Lagunillas in honor of the first Count of Miravalle, Pedro Alonso Bracamonte and Uibarri Davalos, who provided the resources to build the temple, and in reference to the lagoons clear which are located on site.

The municipality of San Pedro Lagunillas is located at the following coordinates extremes: the parallel 20 º 59 'to 21 º 20' north latitude and the meridian 104 º 37 'to 104 º 54' west longitude. Located in the southern state of Nayarit and is bordered to the north and east with the municipality of Santa Maria del Oro in the south with the municipality of Ahuacatlán and the state of Jalisco, and west with the municipality of Compostela.

Nayarit has three lakes of great interest and worth visiting: Santa Maria del Oro, San Pedro Lagunillas and Tepetiltic. The Santa Maria del Oro is the most frequented by Nayarit and Jalisco, due to its calm waters allow swimming and water sports in summer and receives the flow of the surrounding mountains and countless streams in seasonrains. It has a semicircular shape with dimensions of 1.8 km in length and 1.3 km wide with a perimeter of 2550 km, the water is blue, with steep slope and depth varied.
San Pedro Lagunillas is located 53 km from the city of Tepic, connected by the toll road Chapalilla-Compostela. It is located within the province of Neovolcanic characterized by a huge mass of volcanic rocks of various types.

San Pedro Lagunillas is a large closed basin occupied by the lake was formed when the lava and other materials blocked the original drainage. the lagoon is located one kilometer away from the population, also known by the same name and has a longitudaproximada three km, 1.75 km wide and an average depth of 15 meters.

The San Pedro Lagunillas stream containing permanent water pouring into the lagoon.About community Ia There are also three water holes: The Artist and Old Dam, north of the village and which supply water to the village and the third is the Corral de Piedras, west.

Name of the municipality while the municipal name.
The population has been declining since 1980 when it was 8308 inhabitants.
The municipality of San Pedro Lagunillas is located at the end coordinates: from parallel 20 ° 59 'and 21 ° 20' north latitude and 104 ° from the meridian 37 '104 ° 54' west longitude. Located in the southern state of Nayarit and is bordered to the north and east with the municipality of Santa Maria del Oro in the south by the municipalilty Ahuacatlán and the state of Jalisco, and west by the municipality of Compostela.
The pre-Hispanic name was "Ximochoque" which means "Place of pitchers bitter." With the arrival of the Spanish, the place was renamed San Pedro Lagunillas in honor of the first Count of Miravalle, Pedro Alonso Bracamonte and Uibarri Davalos, who provided the funds for the construction of the church and in reference to lakes of clear water found in the region.
Most of the town belongs to a volcanic area. The main elevations are "Cerro Grande" (2,000 meters), "Cerro Nipples" (1,760 meters), "Cerro La Palma" (1,740 meters), "Cerro Estiladero" (1,600 meters), "Cerro El Dolly" (1580 meters ) and the extinct volcano "Tepetiltic" (1,500 meters).
on the road to Puerto Vallarta from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mx.