Zipolite
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach destination along the Pacific Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico
- Also known as: “Playa Zipolite”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Agustinillo and Mazunte.
San Agustinillo
Photo: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Agustinillo is a small beach and fishing town on the Oaxaca coast in southern Mexico. The beach draws families looking for calm swimming to one end and surfers looking for rougher waters with tasty waves to the other end.
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.
Puerto Ángel
Village
Photo: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Puerto Ángel is a Mexican port and 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".
Zipolite
- Categories: stream, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Oaxaca, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
15.6622° or 15° 39′ 44″ northLongitude
-96.5159° or 96° 30′ 57″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
7675MF6M+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 536453109OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
9624815Wikidata ID
Q35434309
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Zipolite” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Playa Zipolite”
- Cebuano: “Zipolite”
- Portuguese: “Playa Zipolite”
- Portuguese: “Zipolite”
- Spanish: “Playa Zipolite”
- Spanish: “Zipolite”
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