Amatlán de Cañas

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Amatlán de Cañas - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 20°48′N 104°24′W / 20.800°N 104.400°W

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Amatlán de Cañas is a municipality and municipal seat in the southwest of the Mexican state of Nayarit. The population in 2005 was 10,392 (12,088 in 2000) in a total area of 765 km², which made up 2.77% of the surface of the state. The municipal seat had a population of 3,275 in 2005.^[1]

It is bordered on the north by the municipalities of Ahuacatlán and Ixtlán del Río; on the east, west, and south by the state of Jalisco. (Map.)

The Nahuatl word Amatlán, “place where there is an abundance of amate and paper”, is composed of the words “Amtl”, tree known as “Ámate and Paper” and “Tlán”, place where there is an abundance of. When the municipality was created the word cañas was incorporated because of the presence of sugar mills (trapiches) in the region.

Amatlán is mainly mountainous with 85% of its surface in mountains and 15% in semi-flat areas. There are several peaks with Cerro Alto the highest at 2,080 meters. The municipal seat itself is located at an elevation of 740 meters.

The main rivers are the Río Ameca, which forms the boundary between the states of Nayarit and Jalisco and the Río Amatlán, which rises in the Pajaritos mountains, southeast of Ixtlán del Río.

In 1995 the 12,601 inhabitants made up 1.4% of the total state population; seventeenth place in the state. The population density was 16.5 inhabitants per km²., being one of the least populated in the state. From 1990 to 1995, the total population decreased 4.3%, caused by migratory phenomena towards the United States and the state of Jalisco.

Economy

Most of the population is engaged in agriculture, cattle raising and services. The main agricultural products are maize, beans, peanuts, potatoes, and sorghum. There is also some fruit cultivation: bananas, papaya, plums, avocado and citrus fruits.

The cattle herd is small due to the steep elevations.

Industry is small and is mainly manufacturing. There is a rice-separation mill, maize grinding mills, small shops and bakeries, as well as small factories of tiles, ice, soap and toasted peanuts.

Tourism

The main tourist attractions are the hot springs in Amatlan (Agua Caliente and Aguas Termales swimming pools), El Manto, the villages of Barranca del Oro, El Rosario, the "mirador" where you can see the view of the whole town; The plazas around the close small towns, Penas juntas, where there's a river and two big rocks between it where you can climb; the new soccer and basketball fields in "La mesita", the malecon around the river to ride motorcycles, stay on the river for camping or take a shower in the water or just a walk around the beautiful town and the church of Jesus Nazareno.

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^ Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia

20°48′N 104°24′W / 20.800°N 104.400°W / 20.800; -104.400

v t e State of Nayarit
Tepic (capital)
Municipalities and municipal seats	Acaponeta (Acaponeta) Ahuacatlán (Ahuacatlán) Amatlán de Cañas (Amatlán de Cañas) Bahía de Banderas (Valle de Banderas) Compostela (Compostela) El Nayar (Jesús María) Huajicori (Huajicori) Ixtlán del Río (Ixtlán del Río) Jala (Jala) La Yesca (La Yesca) Rosamorada (Rosamorada) Ruíz (Ruiz) San Blas (San Blas) San Pedro Lagunillas (San Pedro Lagunillas) Santa María del Oro (Santa María del Oro) Santiago Ixcuintla (Santiago Ixcuintla) Tecuala (Tecuala) Tepic (Tepic) Tuxpan (Tuxpan) Xalisco (Xalisco)
Protected areas	Cuenca Alimentadora del Distrito Nacional de Riego 043 Estado de Nayarit Isla Isabel Islas Marías Islas Marietas Marismas Nacionales Sierra de San Juan Sierra de Vallejo

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