Angostura Municipality is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Sinaloa
Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
in northwestern
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
.
Its seat is the city of
Angostura
Angostura may refer to:
Places
Mexico
* Angostura, Sinaloa, a city in north-west Mexico
** Angostura Municipality, Sinaloa, a municipality in Sinaloa, Mexico
* Puerto de la Angostura, Coahuila, site of the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista between Ame ...
.
It stands at .
According to 2010 census, it had a population of 44,993 inhabitants.
Political subdivision
Angostura Municipality is subdivided in 7 ''sindicaturas'':
*La Ilama
*Colonia Agrícola México
*Gato de Lara
*Alhuey
*Campo Plata
*La Reforma
*La Colonia Agrícola Independencia
References
Municipalities of Sinaloa
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