Bordered on the north by the municipalities of Santiago and El Nayar Ixcuintla the south by the municipality of Xalisco the east by the Nayar and Santa Maria del Oroand west by the municipalities of San Blas and Santiago Ixcuintla.
Tepic means "place of massive stones. "
With just over 419,000 inhabitants and an area of no more than 2,000 km ² is locatedadjacent to the metropolitan area of the neighboring municipality of Xalisco. Currentlythe urban area grows to the east of the city and to the quarry, where it has spread a large amount of housing of social interest
