Valle de Banderas
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Valle de Banderas is a town in the state of Nayarit, Mexico. It serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of Bahía de Banderas. The population was 5,528 in 2000.
Better know as El Valle, this small town is located 20 minutes from Bucerías in a setting right under the Vallejo Mountains. Originally known as "Tintoque," which means "Valley of the Warriors," the town was renamed Valle de Banderas, or "Valley of the Flags" by Hernán Cortés' nephew, Francisco Cortés de Buenaventura, when he conquered the Pacific coast in 1525.
Situated at the foot of the Vallejo Mountains, Valle de Banderas was once the capital of a small chieftainship of Cuyutecos Indians in the great kingdom of Xalisco, who took advantage of the fertile fields of the Valle de Banderas rather than looking to the sea for their main sustenance.
Today, tobacco, corn, beans and chiles are still being cultivated in this valley and an abundance of mangoes, chirimoyos, capomos and palms grow in the area. "Valle" is the oldest and most important town in the region, serving as the administrative center for the surrounding municipality of Bahía de Banderas, and is home to a 140 year old church.
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