El Nayar is a
municipality in the
Mexican state of
Nayarit. The population was 30,551 in 2005 in a total area of 5,100 km². The municipal seat of
Jesús María had a population of 1,520 in 2005. El Nayar is the home of the
Huichol,
Cora, and the
Tepehuán Indians have adapted El Nayar.