Escuinapa de Hidalgo is a city in
Escuinapa Municipality of the same name, located at the extreme southern end of the
Mexican
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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 ...
. Its geographical coordinates are . At the census of 2005 the city had a population of 28,789 inhabitants (the sixth-largest community in the state), while the municipality reported 49,655 inhabitants. According to the Mexican Government, Escuinapa will have near 500,000 inhabitants in 2025 for the mega touristic center that are building near the town, and will be finished in 2025; with this information we can know Escuinapa de Hidalgo will be the second or third city more important in Sinaloa, also will be between the second and fourth place according population by municipality, maybe over
Ahome and behind
Mazatlán. The municipality has an area of 1633.22 km² (630.58 sq mi) and includes the towns of
Isla del Bosque and Teacapan, in addition to many smaller localities.
History
On January 5th, 2023, during the 2023 Sinaloa unrest, capture of Ovidio Guzmán López (drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, El Chapo's son), an infantry colonel and four escorts were ambushed and killed by cartel members in Escuinapa de Hidalgo.
References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
SinaloaEnciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
Ayuntamiento de EscuinapaOfficial website
Populated places in Sinaloa
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