Acaponeta

Acaponeta is a municipality inside the state of Nayarit located in the coastal location of that country. It has a place of 1667 km². Acaponeta means, Place subsequent to the river wherein the bean grows entangled in the reed cane; that is done with the aid of combining the interpretation of Tepehuano Acaponeta which means that, location subsequent to the river and of the Nahuatl Acatl pol etl tlan meaning, vicinity where the bean grows entangled in the cane reed.

According to the records of the INAH, inside the city of El Resbalon, there are 3 big stones carved with designs alluding to water, commonly known as petroglyphs; left by using the oldest settlers. In the last prehispanic period, this municipality belonged to the Senorio Aztatlan and become inhabited by means of Totorames, which had subdued some Coras, Zayahuecos and Tepehuanos. It turned into founded by way of the Tepehuanos on the banks of the Acaponeta River, before the Conquest; It was located through the conquistador Nuno Beltran de Guzman in July 1530, whilst this location was ruled by using Konacatl. The herbal chief Tenamachtli, indigenous caudillo, destroyed Acaponeta in 1538, later it changed into inhabited by way of the authentic Tepehuanos who had been conquered via the Spaniards.