Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican beach resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas.
Puerto Vallarta is named after Ignacio Vallarta, a former governor of Jalisco.
Few details are known about the history of the area prior to the 19th century.
Spanish missionary and conquistador documents chronicle skirmishes between the Spanish colonizers and the local peoples. In 1524, for example, a large battle between Hernán Cortés and an army of 10,000 to 20,000 Indians resulted in Cortés taking control of much of the Ameca valley. The valley was then named Banderas (flags) after the colorful standards carried by the natives.
During the 18th century, Puerto Vallarta transformed itself from a small fishing and pearl-diving village into a small beach-landing port serving the Sierra towns.
The official founding story of Puerto Vallarta is that it was founded by Guadalupe Sánchez Torres, on December 12, 1851, as Las Peñas de Santa María de Guadalupe.
In 1918, the village was elevated to municipality status and renamed after former state governor Ignacio Vallarta.
By the 1950s, Puerto Vallarta had started to attract Americans, mostly writers and artists in search of a retreat from the USA of the era of Eisenhower and McCarthy.
Since 1960s, Puerto Vallarta has become a major international resort destination.
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