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Nayarit
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<p>Nayarit, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit, is one of the 31 states that, along with <a href="/facts/Mexico_City/gEnGxDEd">Mexico City</a>, comprise the <a href="/facts/Political_divisions_of_Mexico/F9FEltMY">Federal Entities</a> of <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a>. It is divided in <a href="/facts/Municipalities_of_Nayarit/GWwL2n94">20 municipalities</a> and its capital city is <a href="/facts/Tepic/CV8CQ4Is">Tepic</a>. </p><p>It is bordered by the states of <a href="/facts/Sinaloa/4R5k6PWo">Sinaloa</a> to the northwest, <a href="/facts/Durango/tpByalcA">Durango</a> to the north, <a href="/facts/Zacatecas/dC28MFx8">Zacatecas</a> to the northeast and <a href="/facts/Jalisco/AEPhKbol">Jalisco</a> to the south. To the west, Nayarit has a significant share of coastline on the <a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a>, including the islands of <a href="/facts/Islas_Mar%C3%ADas/wgmenPJS">Marías</a> and <a href="/facts/Islas_Tres_Marietas/sw5MYgjg">Marietas</a>. The beaches of <a href="/facts/San_Blas,_Nayarit/qwMs8eW8">San Blas</a> and the so-called "<a href="/facts/Riviera_Nayarit/xNVx60Gc">Riviera Nayarit</a>" are popular with tourists and <a href="/facts/Snowbird_(person)/VFAqVhko">snowbirds</a>. Besides tourism, the economy of the state is based mainly on agriculture and fishing. It is also one of two states where the <a href="/facts/Tarantula/8hVzxLhF">tarantula</a> species <i><a href="/facts/Brachypelma_klaasi/ftq4Wp2K">Brachypelma klaasi</a></i> is found, the other being <a href="/facts/Jalisco/AEPhKbol">Jalisco</a>. </p><p>Home to <a href="/facts/Uto-Aztecan_languages/r7qYuBMl">Uto-Aztecan</a> indigenous peoples such as the <a href="/facts/Huichol/mGGESlfn">Huichol</a> and <a href="/facts/Cora_people/TjfBMpvI">Cora</a>, the region was exposed to the <i><a href="/facts/Conquistador/sMtnRqCf">conquistadores</a></i> <a href="/facts/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s/fE9mIdW1">Hernán Cortés</a> and <a href="/facts/Nu%C3%B1o_de_Guzm%C3%A1n/g0N63p6U">Nuño de Guzmán</a> 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 people's label for themselves: <i>Náayerite</i>, commemorating Nayar, a resistance leader. </p>