Huajicori (Spanish:[waxiˈkoɾi]) is both amunicipality and the municipal seat of the same in theMexican state ofNayarit, being the northernmost municipality in Nayarit. The population of the municipality was 10,294 in 2000 in a total area of 2,603.5 km2. Its area makes up almost 10% of the state. The population of the town was 2,201 (2005).
Huajicori is located 180 km north of the state capitalTepic, 125 km north ofSantiago Ixcuintla, and 19 km northwest ofAcaponeta.
The name comes from theCora word “Huaxi-imi”, (peyote) and “Huac”, which is the denomination “a lot of peyote”; so Huajicori means the place “Where there is a lot of peyote”.
The economy is based on subsistence farming and cattle raising. The main crops are corn, beans,jamaica, and fruit trees.
Huajicori is located 180 km north of the state capital Tepic, 125 km north of Santiago Ixcuintla, and 19 km northwest ofAcaponeta. It is bounded in the north by the municipality ofPueblo Nuevo, Durango; in the south with the municipality ofAcaponeta, in the west with the municipality ofEscuinapa, in the state ofSinaloa; in the northwest with the municipality ofRosario, state ofSinaloa. The Río de las Cañas forms the boundary between the states of Nayarit and Sinaloa.
| Climate data for Huajicori (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.0 (100.4) | 39.0 (102.2) | 41.0 (105.8) | 44.0 (111.2) | 43.0 (109.4) | 43.0 (109.4) | 42.0 (107.6) | 42.0 (107.6) | 41.0 (105.8) | 42.0 (107.6) | 40.0 (104.0) | 44.5 (112.1) | 44.5 (112.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) | 32.3 (90.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.4 (95.7) | 36.9 (98.4) | 36.9 (98.4) | 35.5 (95.9) | 34.7 (94.5) | 34.6 (94.3) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.4 (92.1) | 31.9 (89.4) | 34.3 (93.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.9 (78.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 29.7 (85.5) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.9 (82.2) | 25.5 (77.9) | 23.4 (74.1) | 26.4 (79.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) | 13.9 (57.0) | 15.2 (59.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.1 (70.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 18.4 (65.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) | 4.5 (40.1) | 3.0 (37.4) | 9.0 (48.2) | 8.0 (46.4) | 14.0 (57.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 12.0 (53.6) | 12.0 (53.6) | 12.0 (53.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 1.5 (34.7) | 1.0 (33.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 22.6 (0.89) | 10.7 (0.42) | 3.6 (0.14) | 1.9 (0.07) | 4.8 (0.19) | 107.0 (4.21) | 342.9 (13.50) | 398.8 (15.70) | 347.8 (13.69) | 80.4 (3.17) | 26.2 (1.03) | 21.2 (0.83) | 1,367.9 (53.85) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 15.8 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 68.8 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[1][2] | |||||||||||||
22°38′N105°19′W / 22.633°N 105.317°W /22.633; -105.317
