Culiacán is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Sinaloa
Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales.
It is located in northwest Mexic ...
in northwestern
Mexico
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, being the most populous municipality in Sinaloa.
The municipal seat is the city of
Culiacán
Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico, the capital and largest city of both Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa. The city was founded on 29 September 1531 by the Spanish conquistadors Lázaro de ...
.
Political subdivision
The municipality of Culiacán is subdivided into 17 ''sindicaturas'':
*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
*
Culiacancito
*
Las Flechas
Eldorado was formerly the eighteenth ''sindicatura'' of Culiacán, but it became an independent municipality in 2021.
See also
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References
Municipalities of Sinaloa
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