Escuinapa de Hidalgo is a city in
Escuinapa Municipality
Municipality of Escuinapa is a municipality in Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. The seat is Escuinapa de Hidalgo
Escuinapa de Hidalgo is a city in Escuinapa Municipality of the same name, located at the extreme southern end of the Mexican state ...
of the same name, located at the extreme southern end of the
Mexican
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state
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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
Ahome () is a municipality on the coast of the Gulf of California in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Sinaloa; it is adjacent to the southern border of Sonora state. It reported 388,344 inhabitants in the 2005 census. Ahome (populat ...
and behind
Mazatlán
Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding ''municipio'', known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of ...
. The municipality has an area of 1633.22 km² (630.58 sq mi) and includes the towns of
Isla del Bosque
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* International Securities Lending Association, a trade association
* International School of Los Angeles
* International Bilingual School, later named International School of Los Angeles
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and
Teacapan, in addition to many smaller localities.
History
On January 5th, 2023, during the
capture of Ovidio Guzmán López
Ovidio Guzmán López (born 29 March 1990), commonly known as "El Ratón" or "El Nuevo Ratón" ("The Mouse" or "The New Mouse"), is a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa. He is the s ...
(drug lord
El Chapo
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* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
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* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
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* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
'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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