Culiacán Municipality
Municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa
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Culiacán is a municipality in the state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. It is the most populous municipality in Sinaloa.[2]
Municipality of Culiacán
Municipio de Culiacán | |
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Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality in Sinaloa | |
| Coordinates: 24.808°N 107.397°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Sinaloa |
| Foundation | 1915 |
| Seat | Culiacán Rosales |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Ana Miriam Ramos Villarreal (interim) |
| • Federal electoral district | Sinaloa's 5th, 6th & 7th |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,758 km2 (1,837 sq mi) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 1,003,530 |
| • Density | 180.5/km2 (467/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Zona Pacífico) |
| Website | culiacan.gob.mx |
The municipal seat is the state capital, the city of Culiacán.
Political subdivision
The municipality of Culiacán is subdivided into 17 sindicaturas:
- El Salado
- Higueras de Abuya
- Baila
- Aguaruto
- Emiliano Zapata
- Adolfo López Mateos (El Tamarindo)
- Jesús María
- Las Tapias
- Quilá
- Sanalona
- San Lorenzo
- Tacuichamona
- Tepuche
- Imala
- Costa Rica
- Culiacancito
- Las Flechas
Eldorado was formerly the eighteenth sindicatura of Culiacán, but it became an independent municipality in 2021.[3][4]
See also
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