Tuxpan, is both a municipality and a municipal seat in the
Mexican state of
Nayarit
Nayarit (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit ( es, 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 ...
. It is located in the west of the state and has boundaries with the municipalities of
Rosamorada
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in the north,
Santiago Ixcuintla
Santiago de Ixcuintla is a municipality and a municipal seat in the western Mexican state of Nayarit. The municipal population was 84,314 inhabitants (census of 2000) with the municipal seat having 18,269. The area of the municipality was 1,831 ...
in the south and west, and
Ruiz in the east.
The area of the municipality is 474.3 km² and the population was 28,550 in 2005, which was a drop from the population of 34,079 in 1980. The population of the municipal seat was 22,481 in the same year.
Most of the land is flat and there is intensive agriculture. The main crops are beans, sorghum, tobacco, bananas, and mangoes. The estuary zone in the west is used for production of shrimp.
The municipality is crossed by the
Río San Pedro and there is often extensive flooding in the rainy season.
History of Tuxpan Municipality
Tuxpan during prehispanic times was an important place named Ayutuxpan, contributed to the kingdom of Sentispac. At Coamiles were settled the most important ceremonial centres; according to historic Christian Duverger, the ceremonial centre is composed by various structures, today are known 40, they possess more than 150 printings and its infrastructures are stones filled up with
sun-dried bricks. It also embraces megalithic composes of big carving blocks, organized horizontally and vertically combined with voluminous rocks.
Main characters
Leaders; Antonio R. Laureles and Prisciliano Góngora, they fought for the land divisions and formations of cooperatives in Tuxpan and the State of Nayarit.
They were murdered in 1922, at the back stalls inside the Government Palace, today known as Casa Fenelón
Historic Facts and Chronology
1530.- Military explorations of conquistador Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán crossed by the zone towards Aztlán.
1607.- Convent of Santa Catalina was built to evangelize natives.
1885.- After Independence Tuxpan become land of Tepic.
1917.- Constituted as a municipality of the Sovereign and Free State of Nayarit.
1919.- Farmers requested cooperative to subdivide farm lands. Also, the biggest cooperative in Mexico.
External links
Ayuntamiento de Tuxpan
Populated places in Nayarit
Municipalities of Nayarit
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