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Nayarit Map
Every municipality, city and town in Nayarit on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and municipalities above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a municipality to see its population, area and largest towns.
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Key facts
- Capital
- Tepic
- Largest city
- Tepic (371,387)
- Population
- 1,289,318 (2025)
- Area
- 28,102 km² (10,850 sq mi)
- Municipalities of Nayarit
- 20
- Most populous municipality
- Tepic (430,286)
- Largest municipality by area
- Del Nayar, 5,142 km² (1,985 sq mi)
About Nayarit
Nayarit has 20 municipalities and about 1,289,318 people (2025) on 28,102 km² (10,850 sq mi). Tepic is both the capital and the largest city, with 371,387 people (2020). It borders Durango, Jalisco, Sinaloa and Zacatecas.
Tepic is the most populous municipality (430,286 people) and San Pedro Lagunillas the least (7,688); Del Nayar is the largest by area (5,142 km²) and Tuxpan the smallest (314 km²).
Largest cities in Nayarit
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 32 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Municipality | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tepic | Tepic | 371,387 |
| 2 | Xalisco | Xalisco | 48,170 |
| 3 | San Vicente | Bahía de Banderas | 38,666 |
| 4 | San José del Valle | Bahía de Banderas | 35,486 |
| 5 | Ixtlán del Río | Ixtlán del Río | 25,477 |
| 6 | Mezcales | Bahía de Banderas | 24,309 |
| 7 | Tuxpan | Tuxpan | 22,013 |
| 8 | Compostela | Compostela | 20,322 |
| 9 | Acaponeta | Acaponeta | 19,976 |
| 10 | Santiago Ixcuintla | Santiago Ixcuintla | 18,023 |
| 11 | Bucerías | Bahía de Banderas | 16,161 |
| 12 | Ruiz | Ruiz | 14,678 |
| 13 | Las Varas | Compostela | 14,419 |
| 14 | Tecuala | Tecuala | 13,620 |
| 15 | San Juan de Abajo | Bahía de Banderas | 11,090 |
| 16 | San Blas | San Blas | 10,935 |
| 17 | La Peñita de Jaltemba | Compostela | 10,593 |
| 18 | San Clemente de Lima | Bahía de Banderas | 9,561 |
| 19 | Villa Hidalgo | Santiago Ixcuintla | 9,478 |
| 20 | Las Jarretaderas | Bahía de Banderas | 9,462 |
| 21 | Valle de Banderas | Bahía de Banderas | 8,730 |
| 22 | Francisco I. Madero (Puga) | Tepic | 7,708 |
| 23 | Ahuacatlán | Ahuacatlán | 7,259 |
| 24 | El Porvenir | Bahía de Banderas | 6,166 |
| 25 | Jala | Jala | 5,844 |
Populations are INEGI's Encuesta Intercensal 2025 estimates for 15 October 2025 of the people living in private dwellings; the 20 municipalities add up to the state's 1,289,318. The state's total on the Mexico map, 1,299,075, also counts the 9,757 people INEGI estimates in collective dwellings and without a dwelling, which it publishes only for the whole state. Towns are INEGI's localities with their 2020 Census population: every municipal seat and every other locality of 5,000 people or more.
Municipalities of Nayarit
All 20 municipalities. Select one to show it on the map.
| Acaponeta | 35,004 | 1,427 | |
| Ahuacatlán | 14,882 | 505 | |
| Amatlán de Cañas | 11,243 | 518 | |
| Valle de Banderas | 216,334 | 780 | |
| Compostela | 84,763 | 1,875 | |
| Jesús María | 48,727 | 5,142 | |
| Huajicori | 12,842 | 2,237 | |
| Ixtlán del Río | 30,629 | 493 | |
| Jala | 20,453 | 504 | |
| La Yesca | 11,005 | 4,317 | |
| Rosamorada | 33,393 | 1,841 | |
| Ruiz | 25,154 | 521 | |
| San Blas | 47,688 | 1,104 | |
| San Pedro Lagunillas | 7,688 | 516 | |
| Santa María del Oro | 25,298 | 1,091 | |
| Santiago Ixcuintla | 96,236 | 1,733 | |
| Tecuala | 34,688 | 1,046 | |
| Tepic | 430,286 | 1,603 | |
| Tuxpan | 30,061 | 314 | |
| Xalisco | 72,944 | 536 |
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Sources
- Municipalities and states: INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía), Marco Geoestadístico of the Encuesta Intercensal 2025; areas measured from these boundaries.
- Populations: INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025, population in private dwellings by municipality at 15 October 2025 (main results by locality, open data); the state's total population: INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025.
- Towns and municipal seats: INEGI, Catálogo Único de Claves de Áreas Geoestadísticas Estatales, Municipales y Localidades (AGEEML), with each locality's population in the Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.
- Federal highways: INEGI, Red Nacional de Caminos 2025 (with the SICT and the Mexican Institute of Transportation).
- Rivers: INEGI, Red Hidrográfica Digital de México 1:250 000, edition 1.0; lakes and reservoirs: INEGI, Red Hidrográfica 1:50 000, edition 2.0.