Amatlán de Cañas
Amatlán de Cañas | |
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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 | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Nayarit |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,536 |
| • Seat | 3,267 |
| Time zone | UTC-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.)