Nayarit, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its capital city is Tepic.
The colonial contaduría (accounting offices) in the old port town of San Blas
Sayulita on Nayarit's Pacific coast, a former fishing village now mostly given over to tourism, part of the area now marketed as "La Riviera Nayarit"
Archeological zone of Los Toriles
Image: Jaguarundi
Municipalities of Nayarit
Nayarit is a state in West Mexico, divided into twenty municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the fourth least populated state with 1,235,456 inhabitants and the 23rd largest by land area spanning 27,856.5 square kilometres (10,755.5 sq mi).
Tepic is the largest municipality by population in Nayarit.
The second largest municipality by population is Bahía de Banderas.
Santiago Ixcuintla is the third largest municipality by population.
The fourth largest municipality by population is Compostela.