Amatlán de Cañas

Amatlán de Cañas
City and municipality
Plaza principal de Amatlán
Location in Nayarit
Amatlán de Cañas (Mexico)
Coordinates: 20°48′N 104°24′W / 20.8°N 104.4°W / 20.8; -104.4
Country Mexico
StateNayarit
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
11,536
 • Seat
3,267
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (US Central))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central)

Amatlán de Cañas is a municipality and municipal seat in the southwest of the Mexican state of Nayarit, being the southernmost municipality in Nayarit. The population in 2005 was 10,392 (12,088 in 2000) in a total area of 765 km2 (295 sq mi), which made up 2.77% of the surface of the state. The municipal seat had a population of 3,275 in 2005.

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.)