Puerto Escondido
Puerto Escondido is a town in Oaxaca on the Oaxaca-Pacific coastline. It's known for its big waves and excellent surfing conditions. "Escondido" means "hidden" but in a well-connected world that's no longer true, blame Wikivoyage if you will.
Photo: Nimodo, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Puerto Escondido International Airport
Aerodrome
Puerto Escondido International Airport is an airport located at Puerto Escondido in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico. Puerto Escondido International Airport is situated 2 km west of Puerto Escondido. Photo: Aero Icarus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Puerto Escondido
- Type: Town
- Description: city in Oaxaca
- Category: locality of Mexico
- Location: Oaxaca, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
- Population: 25,900
- Postal code: 71800
- IATA airport code: PXM
- United Nations Location Code: MX PXM
- Latitude: 15.8693° or 15° 52' 9.6" north
- Longitude: -97.0726° or 97° 4' 21.5" west
- Elevation: 75 metres (246 feet)
- OpenStreetMap ID: node 458608856
- GeoNames ID: 3520994
Also Known As
- Bengali: পুয়ের্তো এস্কোন্দিদো
- Catalan: Puerto Escondido
- Chinese: 埃斯孔迪多港
- Dutch: Puerto Escondido
- English: Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca
- Estonian: Puerto Escondido
- French: Puerto Escondido
- German: Puerto Escondido
- Italian: Puerto Escondido
- Japanese: プエルト・エスコンディード
- Korean: 푸에르토에스콘디도
- Norwegian: Puerto Escondido
- Norwegian Bokmål: Puerto Escondido
- Panjabi: ਪੂਏਰਤੋ ਏਸਕੋਂਦੀਦੋ, ਵਾਹਾਕਾ
- Panjabi: ਪੂਏਰਤੋ ਏਸਕੋਂਦੀਦੋ
- Polish: Puerto Escondido
- Portuguese: Puerto Escondido
- Russian: Пуэрто-Эскондидо
- Scots: Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca
- Scots: Puerto Escondido
- Serbian: Пуерто Ескондидо
- Serbo-Croatian: Puerto Escondido, San Pedro Mixtepec -Dto. 22 -
- Serbo-Croatian: Puerto Escondido
- Spanish: Puerto Escondido
- Waray (Philippines): Puerto Escondido
- Wu Chinese: 埃斯孔迪多港
In the Area
Localities
- Arroyo Seco
- Colonia Independencia
- Colonia Libertad1½ km east
- Colonia San Miguel2½ km north
- Lomas de San Pedro2½ km north
- Colonia Aeropuerto2½ km northwest
Landmarks
- Bahía Puerto AngelitoBay
- Bahía CarrizalilloBay
- Playa BachocoBeach, 2 km west
- Playa ZicatelaBeach, 3 km southeast
- Bahía Puerto EscondidoBay, 4 km southeast
- Punta EscondidaPoint, 6 km southeast
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. - Matsuo Bashō
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