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Culiacán
Sinaloa, Mexico · North America
About Culiacán
Culiacán sits on the route: 15 minutes from Bellavista.
Culiacán is in Sinaloa, Mexico, with about 810,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bellavista, about 7 km away.
Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is the capital and largest city of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. Located within the Culiacán Municipality, the city was founded on 29 September 1531, by the Spanish conquistadors Lázaro de Cebreros and Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán. It was originally named "Villa de San Miguel", inRead more
honor of its patron saint Michael the Archangel.
As of the 2020 census, Culiacán had an estimated population of 808,416, making it the 21st most populous city in Mexico. Its metropolitan area, with a population of 1,003,530, was the 17th most populous metropolitan area in Mexico.
The city sits in a valley on the slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental, at the confluence of the Tamazula and Humaya Rivers, where both join to form the Culiacán River. 55 meters above sea level.
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Culiacán is in Sinaloa, Mexico, about 7 km from Bellavista.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 808,416
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Sinaloa
- Timezone
- America/Mazatlan
- Coordinates
- 24.8021, -107.3942
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Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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