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Chamela is a small town in the state of Jalisco, on the west coast of Mexico. The town of Chamela sits on the south end of a bay called the Bahía de Chamela, or "Chamela Bay", on Federal Highway 200. San Mateo and Punta Pérula are the two other towns on the bay. It is 8 miles north of the better known resort of Careyes.
The Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Jalisco. The park was founded in 1993 and covers 131.42 square kilometres in La Huerta Municipality. The land is mountainous and contains dry tropical forest and rolling hills and alluvial plains. Riparian forest along the Cuixmala River
Of the ecoregion's 724 species of vertebrates, 233, or 29%, are endemic. [2]20% of the mammal species are endemic to the ecoregion, and 27% are endangered. Endemic species include Mexican shrew (Megasorex gigas), trumpet-nosed bat (Musonycteris harrisoni), Michoacan deer mouse (Osgoodomys banderanus), Chamela rat (Hodomys alleni), and Magdalena rat (Xenomys nelsoni).
Eventually the families reached an agreement to each donate land to the 32,473-acre Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, a sanctuary for nearly 300 species of bird along with jaguars, vipers, and ...
Chamela is a coastal town located North of Manzanillo. Chamela is home to the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, a privately held plot of land designated to study and protect the extensive wildlife and tropical forest. The National Autonomous University of Mexico's Chamela Biological Station has been conducting research in the area since 1971 ...
UNESCO has designated certain natural protected areas in Mexico as international biosphere reserves through its Man and the Biosphere Programme. Some are also designated biosphere reserves by the Mexican government, while others have a different national designation (national park, flora and fauna protection area, etc.).
Jalisco is ranked seventh in Mexico for the number of people who leave for the United States. [44] [20] As of 2000, 27 of every 1000 residents lived in the United States, higher than the national average of 16 per 1000. [46] [failed verification] Those who stay within Mexico generally head to Nayarit, Baja California, Colima, Michoacán, and ...
The 17 areas include 16 beaches (playas) and 1 island group: Islas e Islotes de Bahía de Chamela (The islands of Isla La Pajarera, Isla Cocinas, Isla Mamut, Isla Colorada, Isla San Pedro, Isla San Agustín, Isla San Andrés, and Isla Negrita, and the islets Los Anegados, Novillas, Mosca y Submarino)