La Yesca

La Yesca is a municipality and the municipal seat of the same in the Mexican state of Nayarit. The population of the municipality was 12,025 (2005) in a total area of 2,218.5 km². The population of the town and municipal seat was 356 inhabitants in 2005. The population density was 7 inhabitants per square kilometer, one of the lowest in the state. The name is derived from a species of porous and soft wood called "yesca". This wood is found in the region and catches fire when carved with flint. La Yesca is located at the following extreme geographical coordinates: 22° 00’ to 21° 10’ north latitude and 103° 43’ to 104° 33’ west longitude. It is located in the southern part of the Sierra Madre Occidental. It is bounded in the north with...