Culiacán is a municipality in the state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico, being the most populous municipality in Sinaloa.[2]
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
References
- ^ "Main results by locality 2010". INEGI. 2010.
- ^ "-". 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.
- ^ "DECRETO NÚMERO: 597" (PDF). El Estado de Sinaloa (in Spanish). Congress of Sinaloa. 22 March 2021. pp. 3–9. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Aprueba Congreso del Estado creación del municipio de Eldorado" (in Spanish). Congress of Sinaloa. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2025.