Looking at the map of zacatecas mexico, you could definitely agree how strategic its location is. Zacatecas is the tenth-largest state in Mexico, and it is located in the center-north of the country. It is divided into 58 municipalities and 4,882 towns, cities, and other localities and borders the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, Coahuila, and Durango.