Culiacán (Template:IPA-es) is a ceety in northwastren Mexico, the caipital o the state o Sinaloa as well as the capital o the municipality o Culiacán. Wi 675,773 inhabitants in the ceety (census o 2010), an 858,638 in the municipality, it is the lairgest ceety in the state o Sinaloa. The municipality haes a total aurie o 4,758 km2 (Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",". sq mi).
The ceety is locatit in a valley at the confluence o the Tamazula an Humaya Rivers, where the twa meet tae form the Culiacán River, an is locatit 55 meters abuin sea level. It is locatit in the center o the state wi amaist equal distance tae the ither urban centers o the state: Los Mochis tae the north, an Mazatlán tae the sooth. In addition, Culiacán is the birthplace an base of the Sinaloa Cartel.[1]
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Template:MexicoStateCaipitals Coordinates: 24°48′N 107°23′W / 24.8°N 107.383°W / 24.8; -107.383
