Cabo Corrientes: measuring absence

Cabo Corrientes is a municipality covering more than 2,000 square kilometers with a population of only 9,000.  Neighboring Puerto Vallarta is also a "municipio," but it has only two-thirds the area of its neighbor, Cabo Corrientes, to the southwest and instead of 2,000 people, it has more than 350,000 residents.  The municipality of Puerto Vallarta has a population of about 269 persons per square kilometer which is about 60 times the population density of Cabo Corrientes.  

The secluded beach at Playa Amor, Mayto. © David Kimball, 2013