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Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern
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, the capital and largest city of both the
Culiacán Municipality Municipality of Culiacán is a municipality in Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. The municipal seat is the city of Culiacán. Political subdivision Culiacán Municipality is subdivided into 18 ''sindicaturas'': *El Salado *Higueras de Abuya *Bai ...
and the state of
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 ...
. The city was founded on 29 September 1531, by the Spanish conquerors Lázaro de Cebreros and
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under the name of "Villa de San Miguel", referring to its patron saint,
Michael the Archangel Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
. As of the 2020
INEGI The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Stat ...
census, Culiacán had an estimated population of 808,416, placing it as the 21st most populous city in Mexico, while its metropolitan area had a population of 1,003,530, being the 17th most populous metropolitan area in Mexico. The city is in a valley on the slopes of the
Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American C ...
, at the confluence of the Tamazula and Humaya Rivers, where both join to form the
Culiacán River The Culiacán River is a river that is formed at the confluence of the Tamazula River and Humaya River, located in Culiacán city of Sinaloa state, in northwestern Mexico. The river flows from the Sierra Madre Occidental headwaters confluence ge ...
55 m above sea level.


Etymology

The genuine
Aztec The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those g ...
name of the
Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...
language is Colhuacán or Culhuacán, which is from ''colhua'' or ''culhua'' and ''can'', which is a place, and its meaning varies according to different historians: * "snake place" * "crooked hill" * "where walkers twist the path" The most respected theory is "place of the colhuas", that is "inhabited by the colhua tribe", and the most frequent meaning is "place of worshiping the god Coltzin".


History


Prehispanic era

In ancient times, there was an indigenous settlement called Huey Colhuacan that dated back to
Tecpatl In the Aztec culture, a tecpatl was a flint or obsidian knife with a lanceolate figure and double-edged blade, with elongated ends. Both ends could be rounded or pointed, but other designs were made with a blade attached to a handle. It can be rep ...
, which corresponds to the year 628 CE. The
Aztecs The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those g ...
built it during their pilgrimage. Its exact location is unknown, but it is assumed that it was close to the current town of Culiacáncito. The ancient settlers were called Culichis.


Founding

The city that we know today as Culiacán was co-founded in 1531 by
conquistador Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (, ; meaning 'conquerors') were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the 15th and 16th centuries. During the Age of Discovery, conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, O ...
s Lázaro de Cebreros and
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under the name of "Villa de San Miguel". Upon their arrival in the 16th century, the Spanish found the existence of farmhouses organized in indigenous nations by the
tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
of the Tahues, which brought together a group of people of the same origin and language who had a common tradition. Other indigenous peoples that inhabited the original territory of Culiacán were the Tebacas, Pacaxes, Sabaibo and Achires. After their war of conquest, in 1531, de Cebreros and de Guzmán organized the territories acquired into three provinces. One of them was Culiacán, which was delimited to the South by the
Elota River The Elota River is a river of Mexico. See also *List of rivers of Mexico This is a list of rivers of Mexico, listed from north to south. There are 246 rivers on this list. Alternate names for rivers are given in parentheses. Rivers flowing into ...
and to the North by the Mocorito River, depending on the Kingdom of Nueva Galicia. Organized in this way, the territory lasted until 1786, the year in which the administration system was implemented, with
Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
and
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 ...
forming the province of Arizpe and the older province of Culiacán remaining the same.


Independent Mexico

On 6 October 1821,
independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...
was sworn in Culiacán. Culiacán was granted the category of city, on 21 July 1823, when the provinces of Sonora and Sinaloa separated by decree from Congress. In 1824, by the Constitutive Act of the Mexican Federation, Sinaloa and Sonora met again, forming the state of the West. On 13 October 1830, the provinces of Sonora and Sinaloa were definitively separated by decree, with the city of Culiacán designated capital of the state of Sinaloa. In 1861, during the conservative government of the French Intervention, prefectures were installed and the Municipalities Law was decreed that divided the Districts into City Councils. The
Badiraguato Badiraguato is a small city and seat of the Badiraguato Municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It stands at . According to 2010 census, the city reported 3,725 inhabitants. The hamlet of ''La Tuna'', located 110 kilometres to the North of ...
District was suppressed and became part of the Culiacán District as a Municipality. From 1859 to 1873, the capital of Sinaloa was moved from Culiacán to Mazatlán. In the Restored Republic, Governor Eustaquio Buelna confronted the merchants of the port. He returned to Culiacán and the Local Congress gave it the status of capital of the state.


Porfirian and revolutionary times

In 1878, Culiacán had three City Halls, whose headwaters were Culiacán, Quilá and
Badiraguato Badiraguato is a small city and seat of the Badiraguato Municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It stands at . According to 2010 census, the city reported 3,725 inhabitants. The hamlet of ''La Tuna'', located 110 kilometres to the North of ...
. It remained that way until 1880, when Badiraguato returned to being a district with the limits that previously corresponded to it. 1912 was the year in which the Municipalities were established by law as a new form of internal government, but it wasn't until 1915 that this law coming into force and Political Directories were suppressed, causing the Districts to become free municipalities. Culiacán was established as a Municipality by decree on 8 April 1915. Within its original limits was the current Municipality of
Navolato Navolato is a city in Navolato Municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located on the central coast part of the state bordering the Gulf of California. The municipality reported 135,603 inhabitants in the 2010 census, while the cit ...
, which was segregated from Culiacán on 27 August 1982, depriving the city of of valley agriculture. Some time later, the State Congress approved the extension of the name of the capital city, giving it its current official name of Culiacán de Rosales. "Rosales" honors the great Mexican military man
Antonio Rosales José Antonio Abundio de Jesús Rosales Flores was a Mexican Brigadier General during the Reform War and the Second French intervention in Mexico. Also known as the ''Hero of San Pedro'' for his victory at the Battle of San Pedro, Rosales was th ...
, who fought in the second French Intervention and the
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, along with serving as the governor of Sinaloa.


After World War II

Beginning in the late 1950s, Culiacán became the birthplace of an incipient underground economy based on illicit drugs exported to the United States. The completion of the
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and the regional airport in the 1960s accelerated the expansion of workable distribution infrastructure for the enterprising few families that would later come to dominate the international
drug cartel A drug cartel is any criminal organization with the intention of supplying drug trafficking operations. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises. The term was applied when the ...
s along Mexico's Pacific Northwest. The Sinaloa Cartel made Culiacán its primary base. On 17 October 2019, after an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to arrest one of the cartel leaders, widespread gunfights broke out across the city, leading to multiple deaths, in what has been called the " Battle of Culiacán". One of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's relatives, Ovidio Guzmán, was arrested by police, but were forced to release him.


Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality and the city of Culiacán in Sinaloa, Mexico, has various elements that represent the history of the municipality yesterday and today. Rolando Arjona Amábilis was the artist behind the official coat of arms of the Municipality of Culiacán, which was made official through municipal decree number 13 May 26, 1960 and published in number 90 of the Official Newspaper of the State of Sinaloa on 30 July 1960. Its shape is square with rounded corners, ending in a point. The entire face of the shield is covered with a
carmine Carmine ()also called cochineal (when it is extracted from the cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code n ...
color. In the center is a hieroglyph representing a hill with a human head inclined forward. This glyph alludes to Coltzin, "the crooked god", an authentic figure of Nahuatl mythology, who gave its name to the Nahuatlaca-Colhua tribe and, in turn, to the town of its residence, Colhuacán or Teocolhuacán. Across the face of the shield, there are symbols of water referring to rivers. In the central part and towards the left side, a cross is followed by a path on which footprints can be observed that end in a small construction. These motifs symbolize the missionaries of San Miguel de Culiacán left for the North, and they are invoked as an obligatory tribute to the goodness and heroism of the missionaries. On the carmine border, the word "Culiacán" can be read in its upper part, and in its lower part the word "Colhuacán", which corresponds to the true name of the place in the
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. In the upper part of the shield, there is a hill with a germinating seed and the figure of a golden sun, alluding both to the tropical climate of this region and to the fundamentally agricultural effort of its inhabitants.


Politics

The government of the municipality of Culiacán corresponds to its City Council, this is elected a universal, direct and secret vote for a period of three years that are not renewable for the immediate period but if not continuously and that begins to exercise its position on the day 1 January of the year following your election; The city council is integrated by the Municipal President into a Procurator Trustee and the body of councilors made up of 18 representatives, once they are elected by relative majority and seven by the principle of proportional representation.


Syndications

For its internal regime, the municipality is subdivided into 17 receiverships, which in turn are divided into police stations, the 17 receiverships of the municipality are: 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, Culiacáncito and Eldorado.


Paramunicipals

* Culiacán Zoo * JAPAC * Municipal Institute of Sports and Physical Culture (IMDEC) * EME Park (87) * Municipal Institute of Culiacán Women (IMMUJERES) * MIA Institute (MIA Museum & MIA Auditorium) * Culiacán Municipal Institute of Culture (IMCC) * Housing Institute * DIF Culiacán * The Chronicle of Culiacán * Municipal Institute of Youth (IMJU) * Municipal Commission of Populated Centers of Culiacán (COMUN) * IMPLAN * COMPAVI


Geography


Location

Culiacán is located in the central region of the State of Sinaloa, forming part of the Northwest of Mexico. The coordinates that correspond to it are 24 ° 48'15 "N (latitude) by 107 ° 25'52" W (West), with an altitude of 54 meters above sea level. The city is located from
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. From Culiacán to
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is only 502 km; to
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, 536 km; to Hermosillo, 688 km; to
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, 708 km; to
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, 1,118 km; to
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, 1,159 km; to
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, 1,552 km; and to Matamoros, 1,434 km.


Relief and hydrography

The relief of the municipality is well defined by a mountainous part and the coastal plain. The mountainous part corresponds to the physiographic region of the highlands, part of the Pacific slope of the
Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American C ...
mountain range with elevations of 300 to 2,100 meters above sea level. The coastal plain lies to the West and is crossed by four regional rivers: the Humaya, Tamazula, Culiacán and
San Lorenzo San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to: Places Argentina * San Lorenzo, Santa Fe * San Lorenzo Department, Chaco * Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
. The Humaya has its origin in the
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, entering Sinaloa through
Badiraguato Badiraguato is a small city and seat of the Badiraguato Municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It stands at . According to 2010 census, the city reported 3,725 inhabitants. The hamlet of ''La Tuna'', located 110 kilometres to the North of ...
; its waters are controlled by the Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos dam. The Tamazula River arises in the Sierra Madre Occidental near the Topia Valley; its waters are controlled by the Sanalona dam. The Humaya and Tamazula Rivers unite in front of the city of Culiacán to form the
Culiacán River The Culiacán River is a river that is formed at the confluence of the Tamazula River and Humaya River, located in Culiacán city of Sinaloa state, in northwestern Mexico. The river flows from the Sierra Madre Occidental headwaters confluence ge ...
, which empties into the
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. The San Lorenzo is borne from the Sierra Madre Occidental within the State of Durango, enters Sinaloa through
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and empties into the Gulf of California.


Climate

Culiacán has a hot
semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...
( Köppen: ''BSh''), despite receiving an annual rainfall over , due to its hot temperatures and high evaporation. It closely borders the tropical savannah climate ( Köppen: ''Aw''). Summers are very hot and humid, shade temperatures can reach and high humidity can produce heat indices of , with the risk of heavy rainfall from decaying
tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
s also present. Winters are much milder with less humidity and an average high of 27 °C, with warm nights.


Demographics


Population dynamics

The Municipality of Culiacán has a total population of 858,638 inhabitants, this according to the 2010 Population and Housing Census carried out by the
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(INEGI). It has a population density of 166.8 inhabitants / km2, the Municipality concentrates 31% of the population in the State of Sinaloa, with 422,507 men and 436,131 women, with a ratio of 96.9 men for every 100 women. The city of Culiacán Rosales occupies only a part of the municipality of Culiacán and in 2010 had an urban area of 65 km2, being the largest in the state of Sinaloa and has a population of 675,773 inhabitants (of which 329,608 are men and 346,165 are women), according to the 2010 Population and Housing Census carried out by the (INEGI), resulting in a population density of 10,396.5 inhabitants / km2. concentrating 78.7% of the total urban population of the Municipality. The ethnic groups most represented in the Municipality are the
Mixtec The Mixtecs (), or Mixtecos, are indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerrero. The Mixtec Culture wa ...
and
Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...
, the total population of
indigenous language An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous peoples. This language is from a linguistically distinct community that originated in the area. Indigenous languages are not neces ...
speakers (HLI population) is 13,081 people. On the other hand, in the urban area of Culiacán, there are only 3,536 indigenous people, representing a very low percentage with respect to the total; Furthermore, these indigenous groups are not native to the municipality or the entity, since they were exterminated, displaced or assimilated by the mestizo population. The city ranks 20th in number of foreign population, which amounts to 6,693 inhabitants, which represent almost 1% of the total population; Among the main nationalities we find Americans, Canadians, Spanish, Italians, Greeks, Argentines, Cubans, Colombians, Brazilians, Chinese, Japanese, Russians, Ukrainians, Venezuelans, Dominicans, Germans, among others. The presence of people of Greek origin that occurred in the 1940s and 1950s coincided with the incipient but flourishing emergence of agriculture. This attracted a lot of Hellenic labor for the tillage of the land, and seeing that it was a profitable business, they communicated it to their family and friends. This attracted a greater number of people; today they have inherited a legacy to their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren that make up the few thousand people who continue to live in the city. It is believed that the Greek community is the largest in Mexico and the best organized, the president of said community is in charge of Basilio Karamanos Pérez.


Housing and urbanism

The total number of dwellings that exist in the city are 221,144 of which only 176,799 dwellings are occupied with an average of 3.81 inhabitants per inhabited dwelling. In general, cement roofs, walls and floors are used for the construction of the house, although homes or buildings do not cease to exist, most of them have sheet roofs and earth floors, this occurs mainly in the area peripheral to the south of the city, where the humble settlements of new inhabitants who arrive with the hope of obtaining a better quality of life proliferate. Of the 176,799 occupied dwellings, 173,704 have electricity; 171,614 have piped water; 171,489 have drainage and 169,550 have the 3 services simultaneously. The city has many buildings, among the most noteworthy are, Torre Tres Ríos, Torre Santa María, Torre Tres Afluencias, Mileto 4 Ríos, Estela Corporate Center, Ceiba, BioInnova Building, Tower 120 and Dafi, all located in one of the most important districts of the city, the Tres Ríos Urban Development.


City zoning

The city is divided into different areas mainly: The Historical Center of Culiacán is the original area of the city, in which most of the buildings of the Spanish colonization between the 16th and 19th centuries are found, it comprises a territorial extension of approximately 247,123 ha (2,471 km²). From the '70s onwards, there was a process of depopulation of the area due to the high costs of rents, the bustle of the main streets and avenues and the priority of having more commercial spaces, but in recent years there has been a process of repopulation of the same with the construction of apartments in the periphery of the Center and a project of urban reorganization in which it is intended to have a higher population density. Las Colonias, which are the first settlements that were populating the perimeter around the original urban area by people from different social strata to have a largely wide space close to the Center; Among the best known and with the largest number of population we find: Infonavit Humaya, Tierra Blanca, 6 January, Stase, Juntas de Humaya, Almada, Miguel Alemán, Centro Sinaloa, Morelos, Palmito, El Barrio, Aurora, etc. The subdivisions for their part are places divided by different construction companies, in which there are in certain sections, the same style of housing, housing people of lower middle class, middle and upper middle class, among the best known are: La Conquista, Villas del Rio, Valle Alto, Los Pinos, Villa Verde and Villa Fontana. Residentials are considered to be areas strategically built for people with high purchasing power, with spacious houses, large green areas and in most cases, they are delimited as private, and we find: Tres Ríos, Chapultepec, Los Álamos, Guadalupe, Lomas de Guadalupe, Colinas de San Miguel, Montebello, La Campiña, Las Quintas, Isla Musalá and La Primavera. Independent of these areas, we find one that stands out for its extension and its level of influence at the state level: the Tres Ríos Urban Development, which was started in 1990 with the aim of creating a better commercial, residential and entertainment area. for the city, in addition to taking advantage of the lands adjacent to the Culiacán, Humaya and Tamazula rivers, in addition to embellishing the banks with vegetation and a new boardwalk.


Parks and green areas

The green areas are located in different areas of the city; In recent years, the municipal and state government have been concerned with protecting, safeguarding, and increasing green lungs, to provide a better quality of life for Culiacán and tourists; it has the following:


Las Riberas Park

Parque Las Riberas (in Spanish) is the area attached to the Tamazula and Humaya rivers. Different species of trees such as willows, poplars, guamúchiles, and eucalyptus, can be seen. The White Bimodal bridge, which connects the park with the city center, facilitates access for pedestrians and at night it becomes a light show that contrasts with the Black Bridge in Culiacán.


Culiacán Botanical Garden

Located to the east of the city, this area comprises 10 ha and is home to different ecosystems and hundreds of plant and tree species. The Culiacán Botanical Garden has a variety of more than 2,000 plants. It is known because here runners and cyclists choose to take the morning walk, the prohibition of dogs on the path of plants stands out. Many photographers flock to this garden to capture young quinceañeras and newlyweds.


Orabá Island

Orabá Island, as its name indicates, is an island between the confluence of the
Tamazula River The Tamazula River is a river in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, originating in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, flowing westward towards the Pacific Ocean. The Tamazula receives the Humaya River in the city of Culiacán to form the Culiacán ...
and the
Humaya River The Humaya River is a river in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, that connects to the Tamazula River in the city of Culiacán to form the Culiacán River. The source of the river is the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. The water flows from the north ...
, where the
Culiacán River The Culiacán River is a river that is formed at the confluence of the Tamazula River and Humaya River, located in Culiacán city of Sinaloa state, in northwestern Mexico. The river flows from the Sierra Madre Occidental headwaters confluence ge ...
is born. It is part of a series of parks and gardens that have been built on the banks of the three rivers. From very early on, many people come to exercise, walk, run, ride a bicycle or simply take a walk among the large trees.


Culiacán Zoo

Located next to the heart of the city, forming part of the Civic Center Constitución with an extension of 13.5 hectares; which houses 1,400 animals belonging to more than 450 species including mammals, reptiles and birds. It was built on 14 December 1950, as part of the Development Plan of the Sinaloa State Government, which contemplated the need to create a natural area that would contribute to promoting the education of flora and fauna existing in this region under the mandate of the State Governor. General Gabriel Leyva Velásquez, supported by Emilio Aguerreverre, Municipal President of Culiacán.


Tres Ríos water park

The Tres Ríos Water Park is a recreational space that was built at the confluence of the Humaya and Tamazula rivers, precisely where the Culiacán River is born. This park is very close to Parque Las Riberas. It is the largest and most visited park in the northwest of the country. This park is very visited thanks to its views of the Black Bridge and the Culiacán River.


Dancing fountains

The dancing or dancing fountains of Culiacán are a spectacle of hundreds of independent fountains programmed to "dance" to the sound of typical Sinaloan music. This show is presented every day in an area of the 3 Ríos Project where the flagpole is located, more specifically, at the mere confluence of the Humaya and Tamazula rivers.


Park 87

Located on Av. México 68, República Mexicana. The park has as attractions, slides, swimming pools, zip lines, the garden of peace.


Obregón Square

Located on Álvaro Obregón Avenue.


Rosales Square

Located next to the Rosalina house, which has diverse vegetation, it is a space with colonial architecture.


Economy

Culiacán's economy is mainly agricultural and commerce, being a trade center for produce, meat, and fish. Among other industries, Culiacán represents 32 percent of the state economy. Coppel, Casa Ley, Homex and other companies of national importance are headquartered in Culiacán.


Administrative divisions

Culiacán is divided into 27 sectors ('' sectores''), which are groups of several quarters ('' colonias''):


Media

Newspapers ''
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'' and '' El Noroeste'' are published in Culiacán.


Education


Universities

* Centro de Estudios Universitarios Superiores (CEUS) * Escuela Libre de Derecho de Sinaloa * Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán *
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) ( en, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or just Tec, is a secular and coeducational private university based in ...
(ITESM) – Campus Sinaloa * Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Sinaloa – Campus Culiacán * Universidad Asia-Pacifico * Universidad Autónoma de Durango-Campus Culiacán *
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa , mottoeng = , established = 5 May 1873 , type = Public university , rector = Juan Eulogio Guerra Liera , faculty = , staff = , students = , undergrad = , ...
*
Universidad Casa Blanca The Universidad Casa Blanca (commonly known as UCB, English: "Casa Blanca University"), is a private arts and design university located in Culiacán, Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereig ...
* Universidad Católica de Culiacán * Universidad Golfo de México – Campus Culiacán * Universidad México Internacional * Universidad de Occidente – Campus Culiacán * Universidad de San Miguel (USM) * Universidad TecMilenio – Campus Culiacán * Universidad Tecnológica de Sinaloa * Universidad Valle del Bravo – Campus Culiacán * Universidad de Veracruz – Campus Culiacán * Universidad Tecnológica de Culiacán * Instituto Chapultepec


Transportation

The Terminal de Autobuses de Culiacán or Central de Autobuses Culiacán Millenium is a bus terminal located west of the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The station is built in front of the Country Club. This plant replaced the old plant that was to the south, in front of Blvd. Gabriel Leyva Solano.


Transit system


Urban transport

At present, Culiacán has just over 68 urban transport routes, which serve about one million users. The Culiacán urban transport is operated by RedPlus.


Rail

The city has a train station, operated by
Ferromex Ferromex ( syllabic abbreviation of Ferrocarril Mexicano or "Mexican Railway") is a private rail consortium that operates the largest (by mileage) railway in Mexico with combined mileage (Ferromex + Ferrosur) of and is part of the North Americ ...
, and it is used only to transport freight. It is connected to south with Mazatlán and north with Guaymas.


Bus station

Culiacán uses the ''Central Internacional de Autobuses "Millennium"'' ("Millennium" International Buses Station) to travel across all Mexico (north, central, and south) and to the United States (Arizona and California). This replaced the old bus terminal in the southern city.


Roads and expressways

Though several high-speed roads have been built, most of the city's streets are rather narrow and traffic jams are common at rush hours. Now, 300,000 cars are in Culiacán, making the per capita number of cars one of the highest in the country considering the 745,000 inhabitants.


Main roads

Culiacán has several roads (avenues, boulevards, streets, etc.), but some of these are the main quick connection to other points of the city. * Álvaro Obregón Ave * Francisco I. Madero Blvd. * Paseo Niños Heroes * El Dorado Ave * Aeropuerto * Emiliano Zapata Blvd. * Benjamín Hill Ave * Calzada de las Torres * México 68 * Plan Mar de Cortes * Heroico Colegio Militar * Revolución Ave * Sanalona Way * Rolando Arjona Amabilis Blvd. * Universitarios * José Limón Blvd. * Las Américas * Diego Valadez Ríos * Manuel J. Clouthier * Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla * José Vasconcelos * Gabriel Leyva Solano Blvd. * Xicoténcatl * Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez * Enrique Sanchez Alonso Blvd. * De los Insurgentes * Pedro Infante Blvd. * Rotarismo Road * Ciudades Hermanas * Patria Ave * Constituyentes Emiliano García * Nicolás Bravo * 21 de Marzo Ave * Las Minas


Bridges and tunnels

The city has a total of 13 bridges: six across the
Tamazula River The Tamazula River is a river in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, originating in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, flowing westward towards the Pacific Ocean. The Tamazula receives the Humaya River in the city of Culiacán to form the Culiacán ...
, two spanning the
Humaya River The Humaya River is a river in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, that connects to the Tamazula River in the city of Culiacán to form the Culiacán River. The source of the river is the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. The water flows from the north ...
, and the longest one with other four crossing the
Culiacán River The Culiacán River is a river that is formed at the confluence of the Tamazula River and Humaya River, located in Culiacán city of Sinaloa state, in northwestern Mexico. The river flows from the Sierra Madre Occidental headwaters confluence ge ...
. Efforts to solve traffic problems have been made, but most of the city streets and bridges are now crowded and insufficient to handle regular and rush hours traffic; a 40-km/h speed limit in most parts of the city worsens the situation. * Musalá Bridge (Tamazula River) * Musalá-Universitaria Bridge (Tamazula River) * Benito Juárez Bridge (Tamazula River) * Morelos Bridge (Tamazula River) * Miguel Hidalgo Bridge (Tamazula River) * Juan de Dios Bátiz-Tres Ríos Bridge (Tamazula River) * Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez Bridge (Humaya River) * Rafael Buelna Bridge (Humaya River) * Jorge Almada Bridge (Culiacán River) * Black Rail Bridge (Culiacán River) * Rolando Arjona Amabilis-UDO (Culiacán River) * USE-Valle Alto (Culiacán River) * Libramiento Recursos (Rosales Channel) * Eje Federalismo Bridges (Rosales Channel) * Chavez Castro Bridge (Rosales Channel) * Emiliano Zapata Pass Bridge (Rosales Channel) Also, Culiacán has bridges in streets conforming to high transit systems in places where the rush hour is common. * Zapata (Blvd. Emiliano Zapata) * 280-Aeropuerto (Blvd. Aeropuerto) * Eje Aeropuerto (Blvd. Aeropuerto-Emiliano Carranza street) * Mexico 15 (Plan Mar de Cortes-Mexican Federal Highway 15) * Primavera (Plan Mar de Cortes-La Primavera) * Eje El Trébol (Plan Mar de Cortes-Blvd. Jesús Kumate) * Eje Federalismo Tunnels (Gabriel Leyva Solano/Francisco I. Madero-Federalismo) * UdO (Blvd. Rolando Arjona-Blvd. Lola Beltrán) under construction * Gasolinera del Valle (Blvd. Jesús Kumate-Blvd. Emiliano Zapata) under construction * Japac Country (Blvd. Pedro Infante-Blvd. Rolando Arjona) spring 2013 On 17 February 2014, investigators from Mexico and the United States learned that
Joaquín Guzmán Loera Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger * Joaquín (footballer, born 1982) ...
, or El Chapo, was using underground sewage tunnels in Culiacán by constructing hatches connecting to the drainage network in the bathtubs of his city "stash houses". On at least one occasion, authorities chased Guzman into the tunnels, but lost him. An AP reporter said some of the tunnels were well lit, had wood paneling, and were air-conditioned.


Highways and freeways

Culiacán is a rail junction and is located on the
Panamerican Highway The Pan-American Highway (french: (Auto)route panaméricaine/transaméricaine; pt, Rodovia/Auto-estrada Pan-americana; es, Autopista/Carretera/Ruta Panamericana) is a network of roads stretching across the Americas and measuring about in to ...
that runs north to the United States and south to Guadalajara and Mexico City, and the Benito Juárez Highway or Maxipista, which is a toll road that runs parallel to the toll-free federal highway. It is connected to the north with Los Mochis and to the south with Mazatlán, Tepic, and Guadalajara with the Federal Highway 15. * Mexican Federal Highway 15 (north: Los Mochis, south: Mazatlán) * Sanalona Free Highway (southeast: Sanalona (exit)/Cosalá) Culiacán is linked to the satellite city of
Navolato Navolato is a city in Navolato Municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located on the central coast part of the state bordering the Gulf of California. The municipality reported 135,603 inhabitants in the 2010 census, while the cit ...
by an excellent freeway that now reaches
Altata Altata is a small town in Navolato Municipality connected to the Pacific Ocean, located about 45 miles west of Culiacán, Sinaloa in Mexico by Freeway 30. It has a very nice beach and much wildlife: octopus, toninas, starfish, jellyfish, shark, b ...
, in the Pacific Ocean coast. Culiacán is also linked to
Tamazula de Victoria Tamazula de Victoria is a small town and seat of the municipality of Tamazula in the Mexican state of Durango, near the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. The town is located about 1.5 hours east of Culiacán, Sinaloa. General Guadalupe Victori ...
in Durango state. * Freeway 280-30 (west: Navolato-Altata) * Freeway 3-225 (north: Melchor Ocampo-Guamuchil) * Freeway 5-325 (south: Costa Rica-El Dorado) * Tamazula Interstate Freeway (northeast: Sanalona-Tamazula de Victoria)


Airport

Culiacán is served by
Federal de Bachigualato International Airport Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...
, the most important domestic gateway in the state of Sinaloa, and the second in international operations after
Mazatlán International Airport General Rafael Buelna International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional General Rafael Buelna, ), also known as Mazatlán International Airport (), is located in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. This airport is the most important in Sinaloa for its ...
. It is located south of downtown; it is also the 10th Mexican Air Force base.


Entertainment


Tourism

* Imala's hot springs are about a 30-minute ride from the city and close to several dams and reservoirs, where one can fish largemouth bass all year round. *
Altata Altata is a small town in Navolato Municipality connected to the Pacific Ocean, located about 45 miles west of Culiacán, Sinaloa in Mexico by Freeway 30. It has a very nice beach and much wildlife: octopus, toninas, starfish, jellyfish, shark, b ...
beach, located 30 minutes from Culiacán, has had extensive development over the last few years. It has a "sister" beach called Isla Cortés or Nuevo Altata, where this project of travel destination, has begun with some restaurants and private areas. * The Cathedral, a 19th-century church, began construction in the 1830s. * Plazuela Alvaro Obregón was the place for social gatherings in the 1800s. * La Lomita or Templo de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is the tallest church in Culiacán, situated on a hill with a view of the entire city. * The Centro Cultural Genaro Estrada, known by the locals as "Difocur", encompasses a theater, movie theater, a café, and a group of museums specializing in local culture. DIFOCUR is also the home of the Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes. The OSSLA performs a 42-week season (September to June) of symphony, pops, opera, ballet, and chamber music, and features musicians from more than 15 countries, including Mexico, the United States, England, Scotland, Canada, Romania, Argentina, and others. Working under the auspices of the government of Sinaloa, the OSSLA also performs many outreach and educational programs around the state of Sinaloa, as well as throughout Mexico. * The Regional History Museum in the "Parque Constitución", a large art museum downtown and a number of small art galleries, is owned by several of the local universities. * The Botanical Garden and Centro de Ciencias de Sinaloa, a science museum, holds the fifth-largest
meteorite A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or Natural satellite, moon. When the ...
on earth. * A baseball stadium, the Estadio Angel Flores, is the home of Los Tomateros de Culiacán; a bigger football arena, called Estadio Banorte (formerly Estadio Carlos González), is the home of Los
Dorados Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. History Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003. The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, hav ...
de Sinaloa, a Mexican football team. Several university stadiums are also available. * In downtown, the best preserved old street is the called Rosales, between Rosales Square and the cathedral.


Sports

The city is home to three professional league sport teams: baseball with the
Tomateros de Culiacán The Tomateros de Culiacán ( en, Culiacán Tomato Growers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Culiacán, Sinaloa. The ''Tomateros'' have won thirteen league titles and two Caribbean World Series in and . The ...
from the
Liga Mexicana del Pacífico The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule run ...
, two championships in Caribbean series in 1996 and 2002; and football with Dorados de Sinaloa, who play at the Estadio Banorte ( Estadio Carlos González) and basketball with the
Caballeros de Culiacán Caballeros de Culiacán is a professional basketball club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The team currently plays in the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico ( CIBACOPA). In the past the team played in the Liga Nacional de Balonc ...
from the CIBACOPA. Duck, dove, and goose hunting season goes from early November through March. Culiacán also holds a yearly international marathon.


Notable people from Culiacán


Entertainment

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Yolanda Andrade Yolanda Andrade (born Yolanda Josefina Andrade Gómez; December 28, 1970) is a Mexican actress and television presenter born in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Her career started at the telenovela ''Yo no creo en los hombres'' (1991), along with Gabriel ...
, TV host *
Ariel Camacho José Ariel Camacho Barraza (July 8, 1992 – February 25, 2015) was a Mexican singer-songwriter who performed the Sierreño and Regional Mexican music genre. He was the lead singer of his band, Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho. In 2013 A ...
, singer * Luis Campos, drummer (Collinz Room, Noelia) * Cesar Millan, dog trainer * Paul Rodriguez, Hollywood actor and talk show host *
Chalino Sánchez Rosalino "Chalino" Sánchez Félix (30 August 1960 – 16 May 1992), was a Mexican singer-songwriter. Posthumously called "El Rey del Corrido", he is widely considered one of the most influential narcocorrido singers of the late 20th century. Cha ...
, Mexican singer *
Sheyla Tadeo Sheyla Tadeo (born Sheyla Osiris Tadeo Bringas on April 3, 1973, Culiacán, Sinaloa) is a Mexican actress, comedian and singer, best known for her appearances on Televisa's various television series. The daughter of Ramon and Michele (née Brin ...
, actress and comedian


Sports

*
Irene Aldana Irene Robles Aldana (born March 26, 1988) is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the Women’s Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of May 23, 2022, she is #4 in the UFC women ...
(born 1988), mixed martial artist *
Julio César Chávez Julio César Chávez González (; born July 12, 1962), also known as Julio César Chávez Sr., is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005. A multiple-time world champion in three weight divisions, Chávez was liste ...
, boxer with six world championships in three weight divisions *
Julio César Chávez, Jr. Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...
, former
Middleweight Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...
champion * Omar Chávez,
welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the ...
contender prospect *
Óliver Pérez Óliver Pérez Martínez (born August 15, 1981) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League. He previously played in MLB for the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, ...
,
Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
player *
Alberto Medina Alberto Medina Briseño (born 29 May 1983) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is known as ''El Venado'' (The Deer) due to his speed. Club career Medina made his professional debut for Chivas on 8 August 200 ...
, footballer * Jared Borgetti, footballer *
Jorge Iván Estrada Jorge Iván Estrada Manjarrez (born 16 October 1983) is a Mexican former professional footballer. A full-back, his key attributes are his speed and dribbling skills, which makes up for his short height. Club career Estrada made his debut on 20 ...
, footballer *
Héctor Moreno Héctor Alfredo Moreno Herrera (born 17 January 1988) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Monterrey and the Mexico national team. Moreno ascended the youth ranks of Club Universidad Nacional, makin ...
, footballer * Gilberto Villarreal Solis, baseball player *
Julio Urías Julio César Urías Acosta (born August 12, 1996), nicknamed "El Culichi", is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers signed him in 2012, and he made his MLB debut in 2016. ...
,
Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
player,
World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner of the World ...
champion *
Joey Meneses Joey Meneses Ramirez (born May 6, 1992), nicknamed "CabaJoey", is a Mexican professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball ...
,
Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...


Modeling

* Paulina Flores Arias, Miss Mexico 2000, supermodel *
Rosa María Ojeda Rosa María Ojeda Cuen (born October 15, 1986 in Culiacán, Sinaloa) is a Mexican model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title Miss Mexico 2006. She also represented Mexico at the 56th annual Miss Universe 2007 pageant held at the Natio ...
, Miss Mexico 2006 * Laura Elena Zuniga Huizar, Miss Mexico 2008, Miss Latinoamericana 2008, supermodel * Perla Judith Beltrán Acosta, Miss Mexico 2009, 2009 Miss World, Miss World top model


Crime

*
Benjamín Arellano Félix Benjamín Arellano Félix (born 12 March 1952) is a Mexican former drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel or "Arellano-Félix Organization” until his arrest in March 2002. Biography Benjamín Arellano Féli ...
, Mexican
drug lord A drug lord, drug baron, kingpin or narcotrafficker is a high-ranking crime boss who controls a sizable network of people involved in the illegal drug trade. Such figures are often difficult to bring to justice, as they are normally not directly ...
, founder of Tijuana Cartel, older brother of Carlos Arellano Félix and
Ramón Arellano Félix Ramón Eduardo Arellano Félix (August 31, 1964 – February 10, 2002) was a Mexican drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel (a.k.a. the Arellano-Félix Organization). He was the leader of the enforcement wing ...
, and younger brother of Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix * Carlos Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord and brother of
Benjamín Arellano Félix Benjamín Arellano Félix (born 12 March 1952) is a Mexican former drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel or "Arellano-Félix Organization” until his arrest in March 2002. Biography Benjamín Arellano Féli ...
, Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix and
Ramón Arellano Félix Ramón Eduardo Arellano Félix (August 31, 1964 – February 10, 2002) was a Mexican drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel (a.k.a. the Arellano-Félix Organization). He was the leader of the enforcement wing ...
* Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord and older brother of
Benjamín Arellano Félix Benjamín Arellano Félix (born 12 March 1952) is a Mexican former drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel or "Arellano-Félix Organization” until his arrest in March 2002. Biography Benjamín Arellano Féli ...
, Carlos Arellano Félix and
Ramón Arellano Félix Ramón Eduardo Arellano Félix (August 31, 1964 – February 10, 2002) was a Mexican drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel (a.k.a. the Arellano-Félix Organization). He was the leader of the enforcement wing ...
*
Ramón Arellano Félix Ramón Eduardo Arellano Félix (August 31, 1964 – February 10, 2002) was a Mexican drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel (a.k.a. the Arellano-Félix Organization). He was the leader of the enforcement wing ...
, Mexican drug lord, founder of Tijuana Cartel and younger brother of
Benjamín Arellano Félix Benjamín Arellano Félix (born 12 March 1952) is a Mexican former drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel or "Arellano-Félix Organization” until his arrest in March 2002. Biography Benjamín Arellano Féli ...
, Carlos Arellano Félix and Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix * Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mexican drug lord, founder of Guadalajara Cartel * Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexican drug lord, lived here for sometime before he was captured by the police


Gallery

Image:Culiacan3.png, Cathedral in Culiacán Image:Culiacan4.png, Culiacán's downtown Image:Culiacan8.png, Culiacán street Image:Culiacan9.png, Culiacán River by Sinaloa Blvd Image:Culiacan12.png, "La Plazuela Rosales" File:CuliacanSinMX Overlook.jpg, View north of Avenida Prol. Alvaro Obregon from Mirador La Lomita


See also

* Aguaruto * Culiacáncito


References


External links

*
H. Ayuntamiento de Culiacán
— Official website
Culiacán Travel Guide
– Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Culiacan Capitals of states of Mexico Cities in Mexico Populated places in Sinaloa Populated places established in 1531 1531 establishments in New Spain 1530s establishments in Mexico