Looks like a Mexican town in the middle of the water (photos)
It is often called the local Venice.
Mexcaltitan de Uribe or just Mexcaltitan is a unique village of the island, located in the state of Nayarit in Mexico.
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This island is quite small — the length of the longest side is 400 metres away. Residents here are also a bit to about 900 people.
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Is Mexcaltitan in the middle of a swampy area, where it is surrounded by mangrove forests. The nearest large town of Santiago Ixcuintla is located in 35 km and to reach the island only by boat.
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The name of the village was obtained through the alcoholic beverage mezcal (made from fermented agave juice). Translated from the Nahuatl “Mexcaltitan” translates as “teeming with mescal”.
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The main occupation of the local population — fishing. Fish and shrimp are taking to sell in the major city nearby. But in the rainy season, which lasts from August to September, Mexcaltitan turns into the real Venice — the village gets flooded and streets turned into canals to move which is possible only by boat.
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By the way, according to one legend, Mexcaltitan is the legendary Aztlán, the ancestral home of the Aztecs. It is believed that from here in 1091, they went in search of a better place to live and settled in a half thousand kilometers — in Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico city). However, scientific confirmation of this version has not received.
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