Nayarit

"Nayarit es uno de los estados, que junto con la Ciudad de México, conforman las treinta y dos entidades federativas de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Se ubica en el noroeste del territorio de México. Colinda con los estados de Sinaloa, Durango y Zacatecas hacia el norte, y con el estado de Jalisco hacia el este y sur. Hacia el poniente tiene una importante franja costera en el océano Pacífico, donde posee también las Islas Marías, la Isla Isabel, las Tres Marietas y el Farallón La Peña. Se divide en 20 municipios. Su capital es Tepic. Otras localidades importantes son Nuevo Vallarta, Valle de Banderas (ambas en el municipio de Bahía de Banderas), Santiago Ixcuintla, Acaponeta, Compostela, Jala, Santa María del Oro, Rosamorada, Xalisco, San Pedro Lagunillas, Huajicori."

"Nayarit (Spanish pronunciation: [naait]), 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."