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Nayarit is one of Mexico’s 31 states and is located on the central west coast, bordering the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. Nayarit is surrounded by the states of Sinaloa
Sinaloa

Sinaloa is one of the 31 mexican state of Mexico....
 to the northwest, Durango
Durango

Durango is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its population is 1,509,118. It has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur....
 to the north, Zacatecas
Zacatecas

Zacatecas States of Mexico of Mexico is located in the north-central region and it is bounded to the northwest by Durango, to the north by Coahuila, to the east by San Luis Potos?, to the south by Aguascalientes and Guanajuato and to the southwest by Jalisco and Nayarit....
 to the northeast and Jalisco
Jalisco

Jalisco is a Mexican state in Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. In the 2005 census, Jalisco had a population of 6,752,113 people....
 to the south with the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 bordering it to the west. Also in Nayarit are the cities and towns of Acaponeta
Acaponeta

Acaponeta is a both a municipalities of Mexico and a town in the northern part of the Mexico States of Mexico of Nayarit. The town is located at the geographical coordinates of ....
, San Blas
San Blas, Nayarit

San Blas is both a municipality and municipal seat located on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the state of Nayarit....
, Santiago Ixcuintla
Santiago Ixcuintla

Santiago de Ixcuintla is a municipality and a municipal seat in the western Mexico state of Nayarit. The municipal population was 84,314 inhabitants with the municipal seat having 18 269....
, Matanchen
Matanchén

Matanch?n is the name of both the bay and one of the small towns located just south of San Blas, Nayarit, Nayarit, on the Pacific coast of Mexico....
, Tecuala
Tecuala

Tecuala is both a municipality and a town in the Mexican state of Nayarit. The population of the municipality was 42,237 in a total area of 1,137 km? while the population of the town and municipal seat was 14,584 ....
, Zacualpan
Zacualpan, Nayarit

Zacualpan is a small town in the Mexican state of Nayarit,located at . It is bordered by Las Varas and San Izidro. It is a community that has experienced rapid growth due to tourism. The population was 4,468 in 2000....
, Chacala
Chacala

Chacala is a picturesque beach-town set in small cove on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the State of Nayarit. It is located about 100 kilometers north of Puerto Vallarta....
 and Tuxpan
Tuxpan, Nayarit

Tuxpan, is a both a municipality and municipal seat in the Mexico state of Nayarit. It is located in the west of the state and has boundaries with the municipalities of Rosamorada in the north, Santiago Ixcuintla in the south and west, and Ru?z, Nayarit in the east....
, as well as the island settlement of Mexcaltitán
Mexcaltitán

Mexcaltit?n is a small man-made island-city off the coast in the Mexican state of Nayarit. Legend has it that it was the Aztlan of the Aztecs, their home city and birthplace from where they set out on their pilgrimage in 1091 that led them to the founding of Tenochtitlan....
. Also belonging to the state are the Islas Marias
Islas Marías

The Islas Mar?as are an archipelago of 4 islands that belong to Mexico. They are located in the Pacific Ocean, some 100 km off the coast of the mexican state of Nayarit....
, Islas Tres Marietas
Islas Tres Marietas

The Marietas Islands or Las Marietas Islands are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles west off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico....
 and Isla Isabel, all in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
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Nayarit is one of Mexico’s 31 states and is located on the central west coast, bordering the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. Nayarit is surrounded by the states of Sinaloa
Sinaloa

Sinaloa is one of the 31 mexican state of Mexico....
 to the northwest, Durango
Durango

Durango is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its population is 1,509,118. It has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur....
 to the north, Zacatecas
Zacatecas

Zacatecas States of Mexico of Mexico is located in the north-central region and it is bounded to the northwest by Durango, to the north by Coahuila, to the east by San Luis Potos?, to the south by Aguascalientes and Guanajuato and to the southwest by Jalisco and Nayarit....
 to the northeast and Jalisco
Jalisco

Jalisco is a Mexican state in Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. In the 2005 census, Jalisco had a population of 6,752,113 people....
 to the south with the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 bordering it to the west. Also in Nayarit are the cities and towns of Acaponeta
Acaponeta

Acaponeta is a both a municipalities of Mexico and a town in the northern part of the Mexico States of Mexico of Nayarit. The town is located at the geographical coordinates of ....
, San Blas
San Blas, Nayarit

San Blas is both a municipality and municipal seat located on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the state of Nayarit....
, Santiago Ixcuintla
Santiago Ixcuintla

Santiago de Ixcuintla is a municipality and a municipal seat in the western Mexico state of Nayarit. The municipal population was 84,314 inhabitants with the municipal seat having 18 269....
, Matanchen
Matanchén

Matanch?n is the name of both the bay and one of the small towns located just south of San Blas, Nayarit, Nayarit, on the Pacific coast of Mexico....
, Tecuala
Tecuala

Tecuala is both a municipality and a town in the Mexican state of Nayarit. The population of the municipality was 42,237 in a total area of 1,137 km? while the population of the town and municipal seat was 14,584 ....
, Zacualpan
Zacualpan, Nayarit

Zacualpan is a small town in the Mexican state of Nayarit,located at . It is bordered by Las Varas and San Izidro. It is a community that has experienced rapid growth due to tourism. The population was 4,468 in 2000....
, Chacala
Chacala

Chacala is a picturesque beach-town set in small cove on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the State of Nayarit. It is located about 100 kilometers north of Puerto Vallarta....
 and Tuxpan
Tuxpan, Nayarit

Tuxpan, is a both a municipality and municipal seat in the Mexico state of Nayarit. It is located in the west of the state and has boundaries with the municipalities of Rosamorada in the north, Santiago Ixcuintla in the south and west, and Ru?z, Nayarit in the east....
, as well as the island settlement of Mexcaltitán
Mexcaltitán

Mexcaltit?n is a small man-made island-city off the coast in the Mexican state of Nayarit. Legend has it that it was the Aztlan of the Aztecs, their home city and birthplace from where they set out on their pilgrimage in 1091 that led them to the founding of Tenochtitlan....
. Also belonging to the state are the Islas Marias
Islas Marías

The Islas Mar?as are an archipelago of 4 islands that belong to Mexico. They are located in the Pacific Ocean, some 100 km off the coast of the mexican state of Nayarit....
, Islas Tres Marietas
Islas Tres Marietas

The Marietas Islands or Las Marietas Islands are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles west off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico....
 and Isla Isabel, all in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. Its capital is Tepic
Tepic

Tepic is the capital and largest city of the Mexico States of Mexico of Nayarit.It is located in the central part of the state, at.It stands at an altitude above sea level of some 915 metres, on the banks of the R?o Mololoa and the R?o Tepic, approximately 225 kilometers north-west of Guadalajara, Jalisco....
, which is located inland and south on the Tepic River. Nearby is the Sanganguey volcano and the crater lake.

Geography

Nayarit covers , making it one of the smaller states of Mexico. Nayarit is located between latitude lines 23°05' north and 20°36' south and longitude lines 103°43' east and 105°46' west. Its terrain is broken up by the western ends of the Sierra Madre Occidental
Sierra Madre Occidental

The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico and the extreme southwest of the United States, extending 1500 km from southeast Arizona southeast through eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua , Durango , Zacatecas, Aguascalientes to Guanajuato , where it joins with the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Eje Volc?nico Transversal...
 mountains. Its highest mountains are: San Juan, Sanguangüey, El Ceboruco, Cumbre de Pajaritos and Picachos. Nayarit has two volcanoes, Ceboruco and Sangangüey. In the northeast are broad, tropical plains watered by the Río Grande de Santiago
Río Grande de Santiago

The R?o Grande de Santiago is the longest river in Mexico mesuring up to a massive 433 kilometers. The river begins at Lake Chapala and continues roughly north-west through the Sierra Madre Occidental, receiving the Verde, Juchipila, Bola?os, and other tributaries....
, a continuation of the Lerma River
Lerma River

The Lerma Santiago River is Mexico's second longest river. It is a 965-km-long river in west-central Mexico that begins in Mexico's central plateau at an altitude over 3,000 meters above sea level, and ends where it empties into Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest lake, near Guadalajara, Jalisco, Jalisco....
. The main state rivers are the Río Grande de Santiago, San Pedro, Acaponeta
Acaponeta

Acaponeta is a both a municipalities of Mexico and a town in the northern part of the Mexico States of Mexico of Nayarit. The town is located at the geographical coordinates of ....
, Ameca
Ameca

Ameca may mean:Biology*Ameca , fish of the Goodeidae family*Ameca splendens, the Butterfly Goodeid or Butterfly Splitfin*Ameca shiner, a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family...
 and Las Cañas. The last two also form natural boundaries with the states of Jalisco
Jalisco

Jalisco is a Mexican state in Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. In the 2005 census, Jalisco had a population of 6,752,113 people....
 and Sinaloa
Sinaloa

Sinaloa is one of the 31 mexican state of Mexico....
, respectively. Nayarit also has several lagoons such as the Santa María del Oro
Santa María del Oro, Nayarit

Santa Mar?a del Oro is a municipality and municipal seat in the Mexico state of Nayarit. It is located in the south of the state and has boundaries with the municipalities of El Nayar, Tepic, Ahuacatl?n, Nayarit, Jala, Nayarit, San Pedro Lagunillas, La Yesca, and Xalisco....
, San Pedro Lagunillas
San Pedro Lagunillas

San Pedro Lagunillas is both a municipality and the municipal seat of the same in the Mexico state of Nayarit. The population of the municipality was 7,155 in a total area of 520 square kilometers....
 and Agua Brava.

Religion

Typical of Mexico, Nayarit's inhabitants are Catholic in majority.
Religion Percent Population of Tepic - 295,204
Catholic 91.8% 748,579
Protestant Evangelical 3% 24,313
Biblical Non-Evangelical 1.3% 10, 535
Not Religious 2.9% 23, 607


Tepic
Tepic

Tepic is the capital and largest city of the Mexico States of Mexico of Nayarit.It is located in the central part of the state, at.It stands at an altitude above sea level of some 915 metres, on the banks of the R?o Mololoa and the R?o Tepic, approximately 225 kilometers north-west of Guadalajara, Jalisco....
 is home to the Catedral de la Purisma Concepcion or Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

Education

  • Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic
  • Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit
  • Universidad Tecnólogica de Nayarit
  • Universidad Tecnólogica de la Costa
  • Escuela Normal Superior de Nayarit
Tepic has small ranges of religions

Agriculture

A variety of products are able to be produced in Nayarit due to its variable geography and climate. Volcanic soil, heavy rains and many altitude variations due to the mountains allow for the diverse crops. The crops include grain
GRAIN

GRAIN is an international non-governmental organization based in Barcelona, Spain, which works toward sustainable agriculture. It was formed upon the realization that the genetic diversity of the world's food crops are being drastically eliminated....
, sugarcane
Sugarcane

Sugarcane is a genus of 6 to 37 species of tall perennial plant Poaceae , native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World. They have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar and measure 2 to 6 meters tall....
, cotton
Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
, coffee
Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
, and tobacco
Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines....
. Forest wealth is also taken advantage of and cattle raising is also important.

Economy

Nayarit depends heavily on natural resources and agriculture to support their economy. Cash crops such as mangos, coffee
Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
, tobacco
Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines....
 and sugar cane are staples in the economy. Mining is a significant industry, due to large deposits of lead
Lead

Lead is a main-group Chemical element with symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal, also considered to be one of the heavy metal ....
, copper
Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29.It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity....
, silver
Silver

Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal....
, and gold
Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
 in the Nayarit area. There is also a fishing industry in Nayarit, but it is not as major as the mining or agricultural industries

Municipalities

Nayarit is divided into 20 municipalities
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 (municipios). See municipalities of Nayarit
Municipalities of Nayarit

File:Mexico map, MX-NAY.svgThe Mexico mexican state of Nayarit is divided into 20 municipalities .''...
.

See also

  • Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition
    Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition

    The Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition or shaft tomb culture refers to a set of interlocked cultural traits found in the western Mexican states of Jalisco, Nayarit, and, to a lesser extent, Colima to its south, roughly dating to the period between 300 Common Era and 400 Common Era, although there is not wide agreement on this end-date...


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