Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico, the capital and largest city of both Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa.

Mar 3, 2025 · Culiacán, city, capital of Sinaloa estado (state), northwestern Mexico. Situated on the Culiacán River about 50 miles (80 km) inland from the Gulf of California, it lies on a small coastal plain, about 200 feet (60 metres) above sea level. To …

Nov 9, 2024 · Culiacán (Culiacán Rosales) is a city of slightly over 1 million people (2019) in Sinaloa. Lying in the center of the state, Culiacan is the center of the distinctive Sinaloense culture. It is best known, however, as the nexus of narcotics trafficking and narco culture in …

Es capital, ciudad más poblada del estado de Sinaloa y cabecera del municipio homónimo. Fue cofundada el 29 de septiembre de 1531 por los conquistadores españoles Lázaro de Cebreros y Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán bajo el nombre de Villa de San Miguel, en referencia a su santo patrón San Miguel Arcángel.

The Battle of Culiacán, [3] [4] also known locally as the Culiacanazo [5] and Black Thursday, [6] was a failed attempt to capture Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, who was wanted in the United States for drug trafficking.

Dec 31, 2020 · Perched on the Culiacan River, roughly about 50 miles (80.4 km) from the Gulf of California, is the vibrant city of Culiacán. It is the largest city in the northwestern part of Mexico and the capital of the state of Sinaloa. It acts as a melting pot of fashion, beautiful art, exciting cultures, and traditions.

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Jun 6, 2017 · Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico. It is the largest city in and the capital of the state of Sinaloa. The city is located in a valley at the confluence of the Tamazula and Humaya Rivers, where the two meet to form the Culiacán River, 55 m above sea level.

Feb 10, 2025 · Culiacán is a large city located almost in the geographic center of the state of Sinaloa, about 900 miles south of the U.S.-México border. Locals of Culiacán are known as culichis (Similarly, natives of Guadalajara are known as tapatíos.).

Culiacán (Spanish pronunciation: [kuljaˈkan]) is the capital of Sinaloa. With 675,773 people, it is the largest city in the state of Sinaloa. The municipality has a total area of 4,758 square kilometres (1,837 square miles).