Chilapa, Nayarit

Chilapa is a settlement in the municipality of Rosamorada in the state of Nayarit, Mexico, 80 kilometres north of Tepic, on national highway number 15. It is located between Rosamorada on the north, El Tamarindo and San Vicente on the south, Paso Real del Bejuco on the east and Colonia 18 de Marzo on the west.

On the origin of the Chilapa word several versions exist, one of them affirms that it is derived from the Nahuatl word: " chilapan" that it means Chilar in the water. According to the last census of Chilapa population it counts on a population of 1856 people.

History

the foundation of the town of chilapa goes of the hand of the ex- cattle property that is there. the property was founded on the year of 1713, when the king of Spain vendio to francisca Do6na Ramon of moncada by 330 gold currencies. to the passage of time the property had different owners, acontinuacion are some of but the excellent ones:

1. in 1720 Diego Ramon de Moncada.
2. in 1726 Don diego Zea.
3. in 1733 the nuns of the convent of santa Maria of grace of Guadalajara, jalisco.
4. in 1770 Don Rodrigo Fernandez de Ubiarco
5. in 1801 Pedro Nazario de Zea
6. in 1876 Domingo y Victor Aguirre even 1935.

The property tapeworm in its power 80.000 hectares of earth in its power, was a cattle property, decia that when they querian young bulls occurred the luxury to also choose them of the same color when the people began the wages who occupied use tenian that to be present to 2 in the morning if they did not remain without work all the week. The earth grant to ejido (creation of ejido of chilapa) occurred in the year of 1936 by managements headed by the campesionos Luciano Cobarrubias Moon and Miguel Lopez Ocegueda. In mandate of Cardinal red President Lazaro of the River, I sign the resolution to equip with earth to 120 ejidatarios. The present helmet of the property I am constructed between the years of 1900 and 1904, the last owners of the property and that to date belongs to them, are the family vaqueiro, nevertheless for a long time left the property to emigrate to Guadalajara, at the moment the property are lived, nevertheless notice the deterioration to him since he has time enough if that him of maintenance.

Relief

the ground of ejido of chilapa is sandy, argillaceous with slope in its flat majority and regular drainage according to its aporvechamiento the land to a large extent is cultivable, although also many are existienden hectares of earth for summer pasture. The existing cultivable land one takes advantage but in remporada droughts (November-April) making produce it by means of the irrigation. very little it is cultivated of water weather (June-October), since the production is little costable.

Demography

Chilapa occupies 4to put within the localities with more population of the municipality of Rosamorada. The present total population of chilapa is of 1.856 inhabitants approximately of who: - 912 are of masculine sex - 944 are of feminine sex