my-server
← Wiki

Huajicori

Huajicori () is both a municipality and the municipal seat of the same in the Mexican state of Nayarit, being the northernmost municipality in Nayarit. The population of the municipality was 10,294 in 2000 in a total area of 2,603.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Its area makes up almost 10% of the state. The population of the town was 2,201 (2005).

Huajicori is located 180&nbsp;km north of the state capital Tepic, 125&nbsp;km north of Santiago Ixcuintla, and 19&nbsp;km northwest of Acaponeta.

Etymology

The name comes from the Cora word “Huaxi-imi”, (peyote) and “Huac”, which is the denomination “a lot of peyote”; so Huajicori means the place “Where there is a lot of peyote”.

Economy

The economy is based on subsistence farming and cattle raising. The main crops are corn, beans, jamaica, and fruit trees.

Geography

Huajicori is located 180&nbsp;km north of the state capital Tepic, 125&nbsp;km north of Santiago Ixcuintla, and 19&nbsp;km northwest of Acaponeta. It is bounded in the north by the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo, Durango; in the south with the municipality of Acaponeta, in the west with the municipality of Escuinapa, in the state of Sinaloa; in the northwest with the municipality of Rosario, state of Sinaloa. The Río de las Cañas forms the boundary between the states of Nayarit and Sinaloa.

Climate

References