Culiacán Municipality

Culiacán is a municipality in the state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico, being the most populous municipality in Sinaloa.^[2]

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
Foundation	1915
Seat	Culiacán Rosales
Government
• Municipal president	Juan de Dios Gámez Mendivil
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	Culiacán Government page

The municipal seat is 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

• Media related to Culiacán Municipality at Wikimedia Commons