Celestun

Celestun is a town in Yucatan, Mexico. It is placed within the northwest corner of the nation, just north of the border with the state of Campeche. In 2000, it had a population of just underneath 6,000 humans; however, the populace swells to ten,000 during the octopus looking season. It is mostly a fishing city, with a nineteenth-century lighthouse and an abandoned historic Hacienda. Besides fishing, Celestun additionally produces salt, as it has accomplished from pre-Columbian instances. Tourism is likewise making up an growing part of the metropolis's financial system, because the network has many kilometers of sand beaches and abundant natural world. Surrounding the metropolis is the 147,500-acre Parque Natural del Flamenco Mexicano, a wetland reserve that is the winter domestic to substantial flocks of flamingos, in addition to many herons and different bird species.

This vicinity is set in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion. In addition, greater than 200 species of birds skip via on migration, or stay there. Celestun's environment is specific because of a combination of clean water from the estuary and salt water from Gulf of Mexico. The reserve also has styles of pelicans - massive white Canadian and smaller gray Mexican ones. Celestun is likewise called a hatching ground for endangered sea turtles. Wildlife conservationists have an ongoing mission to defend the ocean turtles from encroaching modernization.