Zipolite
Playa Zipolite is a beach community located in San Pedro Pochutla municipality on the southern coast of Oaxaca state in Mexico between Huatulco and Puerto Escondido.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Playa Zipolite”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zipolite.
Zipolite
Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zipolite is a growing backpacker beach destination along the south-western Pacific coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. A new highway built in 2024 has cut the travel time from Oaxaca in half, now only 4 hours by bus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Agustinillo and Puerto Ángel.
San Agustinillo
Hamlet
Photo: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Agustinillo is a small fishing village and beach in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is located in the municipality of Santa María Tonameca just east of the coastal communities of Mazunte and La Ventanilla. San Agustinillo is situated 2½ km west of Zipolite.
Puerto Ángel
Village
Photo: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Puerto Ángel is a Mexican small coastal town in the state of Oaxaca located in the municipality of San Pedro Pochutla. It, along with San Agustinillo and Playa Zipolite are known as the "Riviera Oaxaqueña". Puerto Ángel is situated 3 km east of Zipolite.
Mazunte
Photo: Tvdp77, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mazunte is a small beach town on the Pacific coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is located 22 km southwest of San Pedro Pochutla on coastal Highway 200. Mazunte is located some 10 km to the west of Puerto Ángel and just about 1 km from San Agustinillo and 264 km south of the capital of Oaxaca.
Zipolite
- Categories: locality of Mexico, beach, and locality
- Location: San Pedro Pochutla, Oaxaca, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
15.66423° or 15° 39′ 51″ northLongitude
-96.51974° or 96° 31′ 11″ westElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
7675MF7J+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 458621515OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zipolite”. Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0.