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Culiacán

Central America

Culiacan, officially Culiacan Rosales, is the capital and largest city of the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, located within Culiacan Municipality. Spanish conquistadors Lazaro de Cebreros and Nuno Beltran de Guzman founded the city on 29 September 1531 under the name Villa de San Miguel, in honor of its patron saint Michael the Archangel.

Facts
Population
808,416 1
Area (sq km)
65 1
Founding Year
1531 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Latitude
24.790278 degrees north 1
Longitude
107.387778 degrees west 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Culiacan
  • Infobox, population_total
    808,416
  • Infobox, population_as_of
    2020
  • Infobox, area_total_km2
    65
  • Infobox, established_date
    1531
  • Wikidata, coordinate location (P625), latitude
    24.790277777778,-107.38777777778
  • Wikidata, coordinate location (P625), longitude
    24.790277777778,-107.38777777778
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Wikidata: Culiacan
Wikidata Q211760, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Culiacan (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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