Nayarit
| Nayarit | |||
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| State | |||
| Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit | |||
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.svg) State of Nayarit within Mexico |
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| Coordinates: 21°45′N 105°14′W / 21.750°N 105.233°WCoordinates: 21°45′N 105°14′W / 21.750°N 105.233°W | |||
| Country | Mexico | ||
| Capital | Tepic | ||
| Largest City | Tepic | ||
| Municipalities | 20 | ||
| Admission | January 26, 1917 | ||
| Order | 28th | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor |
.svg){kind=small} Roberto Sandoval Castañeda
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| • Senators | Raúl Mejía González Magaly Ramírez.svg){kind=small} Francisco J. Castellón |
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| • Deputies | |||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 27,857 km2 (10,756 sq mi) | ||
| Ranked 23rd | |||
| Highest elevation | 2,760 m (9,060 ft) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 1,181,050 | ||
| • Rank | 29th | ||
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) | ||
| • Density rank | 23rd | ||
| Demonym(s) | Nayarita | ||
| Time zones | MST (UTC−7) | ||
| CST (UTC-6) | |||
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) | ||
| CDT (UTC-5) | |||
| Postal code | 63 | ||
| Area code | |||
| ISO 3166 code | MX-NAY | ||
| HDI |
 0.749 (high)Ranked 15th |
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| GDP | US$ 4,281.52 mil | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
| ^ a. The state's GDP was 53,167,305 thousand pesos in 2008, an amount corresponding to USD 4,281,523.828 thousand (a dollar worth 12.80 pesos as of June 3, 2010). | |||
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Nayarit (Spanish pronunciation: [naʝaˈɾit]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its capital city is Tepic.
It is located in Western Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Sinaloa to the northwest, Durango to the north, Zacatecas to the northeast and Jalisco to the south. To the west, Nayarit has a significant share of coastline on the Pacific Ocean, including the islands of Marías and Marietas. The beaches of San Blas and the so-called "Riviera Nayarit" are popular with tourists. Beside tourism, the economy of the state is based mainly on agriculture and fishing.
Home to Uto-Aztecan indigenous peoples such as the Huichol and Cora, the region was exposed to the conquistadores, Hernán Cortés and Nuño de Guzmán, in the 16th century. Spanish governance was made difficult by indigenous rebellions and by the inhospitable terrain of the Sierra del Nayar. The last independent Cora communities were subjugated in 1722. The state's name recalls the Cora's label for themselves: Náayerite, commemorating Nayar, a resistance leader.
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