La Pesca is a small town in the
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities.
It is located in nor ...
. It is located on the
Gulf of Mexico
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, at the mouth of the
Río Soto La Marina, between the
Laguna Madre
The Laguna Madre is a long, shallow, hypersaline lagoon along the western coast of the Gulf of Mexico in Nueces County, Texas, Nueces, Kenedy County, Texas, Kenedy, Kleberg County, Texas, Kleberg, Willacy County, Texas, Willacy and Cameron Coun ...
to the north and the
Laguna Morales to the south.
It stands due east of state capital
Ciudad Victoria
Ciudad Victoria () (English: ''Victoria City'') is the seat of the Victoria Municipality, Tamaulipas, Municipality of Victoria, and the capital of the Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Tamaulipas. It is located in the Northern Mexico, n ...
, in the municipality of
Soto la Marina.
The local economy is mainly based on fishing, tourism, and maritime recreational activities. La Pesca is also frequently used as a reference point ("
breakpoint
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More generally, a breakpoint is a means o ...
") in government-issued weather advisories.
External links
*http://www.lapescatamaulipas.com
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Populated places in Tamaulipas