Culiacán Municipality

Municipality of Culiacán Municipio de Culiacán
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality in Sinaloa
Coordinates: 24.808°N 107.397°W / 24.808; -107.397
Country	Mexico
State	Sinaloa
Seat	Culiacán Rosales
No. of Sindicaturas	17
Foundation	1915
Government
• Municipal president	Juan de Dios Gámez Mendivil
Area
• Total	4,758 km^2 (1,837 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	858,638[1]
• Density	180.5/km^2 (467/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Zona Pacífico)
Website	Culiacán Government page

Culiacán is a municipality in the state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.[2]

The municipal seat is the city of Culiacán.

Political subdivision

The municipality of Culiacán is subdivided into 18 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
• Eldorado
• Las Flechas

See also

• Culiacán
• Aguaruto
• Media related to Culiacán Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. "Main results by locality 2010". INEGI. 2010.
2. "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2010.