Nayarit
Nayarit is a state on Mexico’s Pacific coast, bordered by Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, Jalisco, and the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Tepic.
Tepic: Tepic is the capital and largest city of Nayarit, in western Mexico. The state capital anchors government, commerce, and transport within Nayarit.
Cora people: The Cora are an Indigenous people whose communities are centered in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Nayarit. Cora communities preserve distinct languages and traditions in the state’s mountainous interior.
Tourism in Mexico: Tourism in Mexico comprises domestic and international travel to the country’s cultural and natural destinations. Nayarit’s beaches and resort towns contribute to Mexico’s Pacific tourism economy.
Constitution of Mexico: The Constitution of Mexico is the country’s supreme law, adopted in 1917. Its 1917 framework recognized Nayarit as a constituent state of the federation.
Riviera Nayarit: Riviera Nayarit is a coastal tourism region extending along much of Nayarit’s Pacific shoreline. This resort corridor gives the state its most internationally visible coastal identity.
Huichol people: The Huichol, also known as Wixárika, are an Indigenous people of western Mexico. Wixárika communities maintain ancestral territories and sacred routes in Nayarit and neighboring states.
San Blas, Nayarit: San Blas is a coastal town and municipality in Nayarit, Mexico. Its port history, beaches, and nearby wetlands illustrate the state’s coastal tourism.
Mexican federalism: Mexican federalism divides constitutional powers between the national government and the states. Nayarit exercises state powers within Mexico’s federal system.
Marías Islands: The Marías Islands are a Mexican archipelago in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Nayarit. The island group is part of Nayarit and includes a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire: The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the campaign that brought central Mexico under Spanish rule in the sixteenth century. Spanish expansion into western Mexico followed the empire’s fall and transformed the region.