Area 1,635 km² | Clubs and Teams Coras F.C., Coras F.C. B | |
Colleges and Universities Autonomous University of Nayarit, Tepic Institute of Technology Points of interest Museo Regional de Nayarit, Antropología e Historia, Cerro de la Cruz, Casa Museo Juan Esc, Parque La Loma | ||
The Municipality of Tepic is one of the 20 municipalities dividing the Mexican state of Nayarit; its head city (the seat of the municipal government), the city of Tepic, is also the capital of the state.
Contents
- Map of Tepic Nayarit Mexico
- Geography
- Demography
- Localities
- Political
- Legislative representation
- Municipal presidents
- References
Map of Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Geography
The municipality of Tepic is located in the center-south zone of the state of Nayarit, just at the foot of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range and in its transition towards the Pacific Coastal Plain. It has a territorial extension of 766 sq mi (1983.3 km2) that represent 7.25% of the total extension of Nayarit, ranking it as the sixth most extensive municipality in the state. Its geographic coordinates are 21° 23'N - 21° 52'N and 104° 35'W - 105° 09'W and its altitude ranges from a maximum of 7,546 feet (2,300 m) to a minimum of 328 feet (100 m) above sea level.
Demography
According to the results of the 2010 General Census of Population and Housing conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the municipality of Tepic has a total population of 380,249 people, of which 185,167 are men and 195,082 are women.
Localities
In the municipality of Tepic there are 138 localities. List of localities with population above 1,000 include:
Political
The government of the municipality corresponds him to the City council, that conforms by the Municipal President, a Syndic and 16 Councillors; all are elect by means of free popular vote, direct and secret for a period of three years no reelegibles for the period inmediado but if of form no contínua and go in to exert his charges the day 17 September of the year of his election.
Legislative representation
For the election of local deputies to the Congress of Nayarit and of federal deputies to the Camera of federal Deputies, the municipality of Tepic finds integrated in the following electoral districts: