Although humans may have settled in Nayarit as early as 5,000 B.C, the first known civilization in the region, the Cora, appeared sometime around 400 A.D. Concentrated on the Nayar plateau of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Cora society reached its apex about 1200 A.D.; many of their descendants continue to live in the ...

When did Nayarit became a state?

Nayarit was named for a 16th-century Cora governor who resisted the Spanish; Spain did not conquer the region until the early 17th century. Once part of the state of Jalisco, Nayarit became a state in its own right in 1917.

Is Nayarit Aztec or Mayan?

The indigenous people of Nayarit are distantly related to the Aztecs. The region of Nayarit was influenced by the Toltec people (AD 900-1200) and the Aztecs (1427-1519), although was never controlled by either. Nayarit was the twenty-eighth state admitted to the United Mexican States on January 26, 1917.