Puerto Libertad (Sonora)
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Puerto Libertad is a town and port of the Mexican state of Sonora, Mexico located on the north coast of the Gulf of California
, in the municipality of Pitiquito
.
Puerto Libertad is located at the geographic coordinates 29 ° 54'15 "N 112 ° 40'59" W / 29.90417, -112.68306, at an altitude of 10 meters above sea level, the distance that separates it from the capital state, the city of Hermosillo
, is 416 kilometers and they are connected through the so-called coastal road. A place dedicated to fishing activities and also hosts one the largest power plants in Mexico, operated by the Commission Federal de Electricidad. According to the results of the Census of Population and Housing 2005 Puerto Libertad population is 2,823 people, 1,489 of which are men and 1,334 women.
The town is the site of a proposed algal biofuel project which would produce ethanol. The system works on exhaust from the electric power plant. The two companies working on the project are an American Algenol
technology and Mexican operator owner Biofields.
Puerto Libertad is located in the Sonoran Desert environment, which in conjunction with the sea, gives it a very special appeal, so it is increasingly attracting development of tourism
Portions of this article were translated from Spanish http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Libertad_(Sonora)
Gulf of California
The Gulf of California is a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland...
, in the municipality of Pitiquito
Pitiquito
Pitiquito is both a small town and its surrounding municipal area in the northwest of the Mexican state of Sonora.-Area and population:The municipal area is 11,979.96 km² which makes up 6.46% of the state total. The municipal population counted in 2000 was 9,160. The population of the main...
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Puerto Libertad is located at the geographic coordinates 29 ° 54'15 "N 112 ° 40'59" W / 29.90417, -112.68306, at an altitude of 10 meters above sea level, the distance that separates it from the capital state, the city of Hermosillo
Hermosillo
Hermosillo is a city and municipality located centrally in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the capital and main economic center for the state and region. It contains almost all of the state's manufacturing and has thirty percent of its population...
, is 416 kilometers and they are connected through the so-called coastal road. A place dedicated to fishing activities and also hosts one the largest power plants in Mexico, operated by the Commission Federal de Electricidad. According to the results of the Census of Population and Housing 2005 Puerto Libertad population is 2,823 people, 1,489 of which are men and 1,334 women.
The town is the site of a proposed algal biofuel project which would produce ethanol. The system works on exhaust from the electric power plant. The two companies working on the project are an American Algenol
Algenol
Algenol, headquartered in Bonita Springs, Florida, is a company developing a process to produce ethanol directly from algae. Rather than grow algae and then harvest them, the ethanol is removed without killing the algae...
technology and Mexican operator owner Biofields.
Puerto Libertad is located in the Sonoran Desert environment, which in conjunction with the sea, gives it a very special appeal, so it is increasingly attracting development of tourism
Portions of this article were translated from Spanish http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Libertad_(Sonora)