Nayarit
—  State  —
Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit
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State of Nayarit within Mexico
Coordinates: 21°44′38″N 105°13′42″W / 21.74389°N 105.22833°W / 21.74389; -105.22833Coordinates: 21°44′38″N 105°13′42″W / 21.74389°N 105.22833°W / 21.74389; -105.22833
Country	Mexico
Capital	Tepic
Largest City	Tepic
Municipalities	20
Admission	January 26, 1917[1]
Order	28th
Government
• Governor	Roberto Sandoval
• Senators[2]	Raúl Mejía González Magaly Ramírez Francisco J. Castellón
• Deputies[3]	Federal Deputies • Humberto Cota Jiménez • María Domínguez Arvizu • María Parra Becerra • Ivideliza Reyes • Florentina Ocegueda • Cora Pinedo Alonso
Area[4]
• Total	27,815 km2 (10,739 sq mi)
	Ranked 23rd
Highest elevation[5]	2,760 m (9,060 ft)
Population (2010)[6]
• Total	1,084,979
• Rank	29th
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Density rank	23rd
Demonym	Nayarita
Time zone	MST (UTC−7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−6)
Postal code	63
Area code	Area codes • 311 • 319 • 322 • 323 • 324 • 325 • 327 • 329 • 389
ISO 3166 code	MX-NAY
HDI	0.828 high Ranked 17th
GDP	US$ 4,281,523.828 mil[a]
Website	Official Web Site
^ a. The state's GDP was 53,167,305 million of pesos in 2008,[7] amount corresponding to 4,281,523.828 millon of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).[8]

Nayarit (Spanish pronunciation: [naʝaˈɾit]), officially Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its capital city is Tepic.

It is located in Western Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Sinaloa to the northwest, Durango to the north, Zacatecas to the northeast and Jalisco to the south. To the west, Nayarit has a significant share of coastline on the Pacific Ocean.

Besides the mainland, the islands Marias, Isabel, Tres Marietas and Farallón La Peña in the Pacific Ocean are part of its territory.

Geography[link]

Nayarit covers 27,815 square kilometers (10,739 sq mi), making it one of the smaller states of Mexico.^[9] Nayarit is located between latitude lines 23°05' north and 20°36' south and longitude lines 103°43' east and 105°46' west.^[10] Its terrain is broken up by the western ends of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. Its highest mountains are: San Juan, Sanguangüey, El Ceboruco, Cumbre de Pajaritos and Picachos.^[11] Nayarit has two volcanoes, Ceboruco and Sangangüey. In the northeast are broad, tropical plains watered by the Río Grande de Santiago, a continuation of the Lerma River. The main state rivers are the Río Grande de Santiago, San Pedro, Acaponeta, Ameca and Las Cañas. The last two also form natural boundaries with the states of Jalisco and Sinaloa, respectively. Nayarit also has several lagoons such as pito the Santa María del Oro, San Pedro Lagunillas and Agua Brava.^[12]

Tepic is home to the Catedral de la Purísima Concepción or Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.^[13]

Archaeological zone of Los Toriles.

Beaches of Nuevo Vallarta.

Education[link]

• Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic
• Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit
• Universidad Tecnólogica de Nayarit
• Universidad Tecnólogica de la Costa
• Escuela Normal Superior de Nayarit
• Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Numero 51. (Emilio M. Gonzales)

Agriculture[link]

A variety of products are able to be produced in Nayarit due to its variable geography and climate. Volcanic soil, heavy rains and many altitude variations due to the mountains allow for the diverse crops. The crops include grain, sugarcane, cotton, coffee, and tobacco. Forest wealth is also taken advantage of and cattle raising is also important.^[14]

Economy[link]

Nayarit depends heavily on natural resources and agriculture to support their economy.^[15] Cash crops such as mangos, coffee, tobacco and sugar cane are staples in the economy. Mining is a significant industry, due to large deposits of lead, copper, silver, and gold in the Nayarit area. There is also a fishing industry in Nayarit, but it is not as major as the mining or agricultural industries.

In recent years, Nayarit has worked to build its tourism sector, marketing the "Riviera Nayarita" as a safe, beautiful destination served by Puerto Vallarta International Airport. As a result, it ranked second in tourism investment in Mexico in 2008, was featured in North American tourism websites in Winter 2008-09,^[16] and was the setting for the U.S. MTV reality competition "The Gauntlet 3".^[17]

Municipalities[link]

Nayarit, as all states of Mexico, is divided into municipalities (municipios), creating twenty Municipalities of Nayarit.

See also[link]

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	Mexico portal
	Latin America portal
	North America portal

• Ixtlán del Rio (archaeological site)
• Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition
• Index: Natural history of Nayarit

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nayarit

External links[link]

• (English) Punta Mita information and travel site
• (Spanish) Nayarit State Government
• (Spanish) Breve Historia de Nayarit: Jean Meyer
• (English) Gringo's Paradise Real Estate
• (Spanish) Portal de Carrillo Puerto Nayarit, Mexico
• (Spanish) Portal de Compostela Nayarit, Mexico

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)

v t e States of Mexico States Aguascalientes Baja California Baja California Sur Campeche Chiapas Chihuahua Coahuila Colima Durango Guanajuato Guerrero Hidalgo Jalisco México Michoacán Morelos Nayarit Nuevo León Oaxaca Puebla Querétaro Quintana Roo San Luis Potosí Sinaloa Sonora Tabasco Tamaulipas Tlaxcala Veracruz Yucatán Zacatecas Federal District Mexico City

This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (July 2010)

Olga Breeskin^[1] (born Olga Breeskin Torres on September 22, 1951) is a Mexican violinist, dancer, actress and vedette. She is the daughter of the late Russian violinist and conductor Elias Breeskin.

Early life[link]

Olga Breeskin was born in Mexico City. She and her brother as children learned to play the violin from their father. When Breeskin was 13 years old; she and her brother were forced to support the family and began to play their violins for tips in restaurants.^{[citation needed]} Breeskin later confessed that she kept some of the tip money for herself by hiding it in her shoe. Later, Ernesto Valz, the owner of a Mexico City night-club chain, discovered Breeskin playing her violin for tips during lunch. Recognizing her talent and her natural beauty, he contracted her to perform in many of his nightclubs and created a nightclub act for her.

Nightclubs[link]

Breeskin rose to fame in the 1970s for her nightclub act, where she danced and shimmied in French-cut leotards while playing the violin. She became the headliner in the nightclub, located in the penthouse of the Hotel Continental. (It was previously known as the Hilton Hotel … Mexican President Miguel Alemán Valdés during his presidency had an argument with Conrad Hilton, as a result, Alemán confiscated the Hotel for his personal investment.^[2] the hotel was completely destroyed in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake^[3]). Her Hotel Continental nightclub act was based on a Las Vegas-style show that had numerous back-up dancers and a full show band to accompany Breeskin. The opening song for her show was "Todos Queremos Ver A Olga" (Everyone Wants to See Olga). Televisa, which was owned at the time by Miguel Alemán, Jr., developed a 30-second TV commercial, where Olga wore a French-cut leotard with dangly sequined ribbon strips that flew away from her body as she spun around, she stopped, put her hand on her hip and with the other hand motioned "to come here." It was a lusty commercial for conservative Mexico. But Mexico was hypnotized with Breeskin's charms. For years, every night her performances were sold out. Nightclubs led to films. Her most recognizable movie was “Nora La Rebelde”. She was considered for many years the number one female entertainer in Mexico.^{[citation needed]} Many tried to imitate Breeskin such as Thelma Tixou, Wanda Seux, and Lila Deneken. The Mexican press called her "La número uno" (The Number One).^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[link]

When she married a New York dancer, Joey Doucette, the Mexican press asked her why she married an Americano instead of Mexican. Her reply was, "A Mexican husband would never allow me to wear a postage-stamp size costume."^[4] Joey and Breeskin had one child, Alan. Later Breeskin opened a clinic for research and care for asthmatic children in Las Vegas, Nevada. In April 20 and 21, 2012 she is scheduled to be part of an evangelical fundamentalist event in North Carolina led by a cult leader named Adrian Amado.

Currently[link]

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Breeskin presently lives and works in Las Vegas, NV. She has a popular radio show and occasionally performs her nightclub act.^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Biography
• Olga Breeskin at the Internet Movie Database