Ixtapa

Ixtapa is a resort city in Mexico, contiguous the Pacific Ocean in the region of Zihuatanejo de Azueta in the province of Guerrero. It is found 5 km northwest of the metropolitan seat, Zihuatanejo, and 245 km northwest of Acapulco. In the 2005 INEGI Census, the population of Ixtapa was 6,406. Ixtapa is a legislature arranged vacationer resort that was started in the mid 1970s, and developed on what was previously a coconut ranch and mangrove estuary.

In 1968, the Bank of Mexico made an exceptional reserve for the formation of new visitor goals on the nation's coastlines. The initial two such goals were Cancun, in the territory of Quintana Roo, and Ixtapa, beside the town of Zihuatanejo. The advancement of Ixtapa was upheld by a credit from the World Bank. The ground breaking strategy for Ixtapa was created by modelers Enrique and Agustin Landa Verdugo, who likewise partook in the decision of the site.

Their task characterized the visitor goal's road design and zoning. The task is composed in super-hinders with sporadic shapes, with the rapid lanes isolating these squares, and circular drives inside them. Two or three draftsmen were chosen to construct this city, some are still inhabitants of this town. Engineers like Miguel Angel Rojas and Concepción Rivera live and work in this town. The well known Mexican Telenovela Marimar was recorded here in 1994.