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Puerto Vallarta celebrates its 98th Anniversary this month

May is an especially joyful month for Puerto Vallarta, and the next Tuesday 31st, we will be celebrating the 98th anniversary of the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta, as well as the 48th anniversary of the appointment as city which means we're getting closer to our first centennial.

Here is a little of history; before May 31st, 1918, the small Puerto Las Peñas was just a fishing and farmer village dedicated mostly to banana exports to the United States, it was also part of the municipality of San Sebastian del Oeste, until it was decided to rename to the . . .

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