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Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipio, known as the Mazatlán Municipality. Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning “place of deer”. The city was founded in 1531 by an army of Spaniards and Indian settlers. By the mid-19th century a large group of immigrants had arrived from Germany. These new citizens developed Mazatlán into a thriving commercial seaport, importing equipment for the nearby gold and silver mines. It served as the capital of Sinaloa from 1859 to 1873. The German settlers also influenced the local music, banda, which is an alteration of Bavarian folk music. The settlers also established the Pacifico Brewery on March 14, 1900.
Tourism and fishing are Mazatlan’s main industries. The city hosts major beach resorts and has the second largest fishing fleet in Mexico. Most of the seafood processed in the city is shrimp and tuna. The first hotel in Mazatlan with a restaurant on the premises was named Canton La Fonda and was operating by 1850. It was owned by a Chinese immigrant, Luen-Sing, who would refer to the establishment as the Hotel Luen-Sing.
By 1864 Mazatlan had three hotels and three restaurants, with more opening in the late-19th century. Today, Mazatlan’s twenty-plus miles of beaches are the primary attraction, and the city contains a large number of hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops. The city is also home to a brewery, a coffee factory, and two electric power plants.
Airports: Mazatlan is served by Gral. Rafael Buelna International Airport with flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Denver, Houston, Dallas, Minneapolis, Seattle, Mexico City, Guadalajara, La Paz and San Jose del Cabo B.C.S., Tijuana, B.C., Puerto Vallarta, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.
Port of Mazatlan: Cruise ships embark and disembark passengers at the port. There is also ferry service to La Paz.
Public transportation: You can ride a pulmonia, a golf cart-like taxi cab around Mazatlan for very few pesos.
Road and rail: A four-lane tollway links the city and Sinaloa’s capital, Culiacán. High-quality, intercity bus lines provide transportation to numerous points throughout Mexico and to the United States.
Olas Altas is the most historical reference beach of Mazatlan, is located in the southern part of the city, a few meters from the historic center. At the section of boardwalk that passes through Olas Altas, one can view many monuments, such as The Shield, which contains the coats of Sinaloa and Mazatlan, El Venado, a statue of a deer with reference to the etymology of the name of the city, Monument Pedro Infante, Monument to the Continuity of Life: Women Mazatleca Monument, also is the famous restaurant “Vieux Port”. North Beach is located in the Downtown area. Here one can find the Fisherman’s Monument, Monument to the pneumonia and the Pacific Brewery. The second of these relates to the characteristic of this city taxis. Playa Sabalo is located in the north of the city. Playa Cerritos is an extension of Playa Sabalo. Sandy the Dolphin is located north of the tourist area of the city. Stone Island Beach is located in the southern part of the city.
The coasts of the municipality extend over 80 km and sandy sediments are typical of the beaches in the northwestern flank. At the head of the municipality is a berm classified as sandy sediment, the shoreline is composed of gravel and clusters that form alluvial fans and slope deposits. In the southwestern end of Lagoon is located Huizache (which occupies an area of 40.0 hectares 4.000 square kilometers) which is influenced by sea through the estuary the Freshwater ostial and a diversion canal that receives water from the Rio Presidio. The shoreline of the town houses three fishing camps which mainly work to catch shrimp and fishing for scale. Cooperatives are distributed in the estuaries of the Escopama, Salinitas, The Twenty-nine, Estero Urias, Laguna del Huizache.
On March 27, 1964, Friday of Holy Week, at 5:36 am, a strong earthquake shook Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing waves of up to 68 meters. The shock wave spread across the Pacific Ocean and reached Mazatlan a few hours later. That afternoon, a rumor spread that was to become a tidal wave, which the locals calledGreen Wave. It is also popularly referred to as “tsunami.” In response, thousands of Mazatlan and tourists fled in cars, walking or as they could toward the Sierra Madre Occidental. The hills in the city are filled with people. Some even as far away as Concordia and Copala.
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