Culiacan

Culiacan Rosales
Coordinates: 24 ° 48 ′  N , 107 ° 24 ′  W Culiacan Rosales​ Culiacan Rosales on the map of Sinaloa
Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	Sinaloa
Municipio	Culiacan
City foundation	September 29, 1531
Residents	675,773  (2010)
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	6318.6 km²
Population density	135.9 inhabitants / km 2
height	68  m
Post Code	80000
prefix	(+52) 667
Time zone	UTC −6
City Presidency	Jesús Estrada Ferreiro
City patron	archangel Michael
Website	www.culiacan.gob.mx
Culiacan Cathedral

Culiacán , officially Culiacán Rosales , is the capital of the state of Sinaloa in Mexico with 675,773 inhabitants (as of 2010) and was founded on September 29, 1531 by Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán . It is about 210 kilometers each, equidistant from Los Mochis and Mazatlán .

Culiacán is primarily an administrative, main commercial and agricultural center and offers few attractions.

The city's tourist attractions include the 19th century Culiacán Cathedral , the Palacio Municipal (City Hall) on Calle Obregón & Escobedo, and the Malecón (promenade) along the Tamazula and Humaya rivers.

Numerous scenes from the TV series La Reina del Sur take place in Culiacan .

Diocese of Culiacan

• Diocese of Culiacan

Climate table

Culiacan
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     20th   28 11     7.7   29 11     1.8   31 12     2.5   33 14th     1.9   35 18th     23   36 23     145   35 24     192   35 24     129   34 24     40   34 21st     28   31 15th     24   28 12 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: CONAGUA ; wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Culiacan Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 27.5 28.8 30.6 32.8 34.6 35.9 35.4 34.7 34.4 34.3 31.2 28.3 O 32.4 Min. Temperature (° C) 10.6 10.9 12.0 14.2 17.8 23.4 24.0 23.7 23.5 20.8 15.4 12.1 O 17.4 Precipitation ( mm ) 20.2 7.7 1.8 2.5 1.9 22.6 145.3 191.6 129.3 40.0 27.6 24.1 Σ 614.6 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 6.1 6.6 7.4 7.1 8.0 7.4 6.2 6.4 6.5 7.4 7.1 5.9 O 6.8 Rainy days ( d ) 2.0 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 2.3 13.0 13.6 9.9 2.7 1.7 2.2 Σ 49.6 Humidity ( % ) 71 65 61 57 57 64 74 79 79 74 68 71 O 68.4 Source: CONAGUA ; wetterkontor.de

Town twinning

Culiacán has as twin cities :

city	country	since
Guadalajara	Jalisco, Mexico	2011
Torreón	Coahuila, Mexico	2007
Zhongshan	Guangdong, People's Republic of China	2007

sons and daughters of the town

• Jesús Malverde († 1909), folk hero
• José Limón (1908–1972), dancer and choreographer
• Inés Arredondo (1928–1989), writer
• Amparo Ochoa (1946–1994), singer
• Benjamín Arellano Félix (born 1952), drug dealer
• Paul Rodriguez (* 1955), actor and comedian
• Julio César Chávez (born 1962), boxer
• Teresa Margolles (* 1963), artist
• Javier Valdez (1967-2017), journalist
• Cesar Millan (* 1969), dog trainer
• Jared Borgetti (born 1973), football player
• Mar Contreras (* 1981), actress and singer
• César Arturo Ramos (* 1983), FIFA referee
• Hans Hach Verdugo (* 1989), tennis player
• Daniela Gaxiola (* 1992), track cyclist
• Lizbeth Salazar (* 1996), cyclist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ¿Quién es Jesús Estrada Ferreiro? In: adnportal.mx. ADN, July 3, 2018, accessed June 28, 2019 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ Axópolis - Guadalajara y Culiacán firman acuerdo de hermanamiento. Retrieved May 1, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Newsletter Nov 12 - Invest in Torreon. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Firman Convenio para acelerar El hermanamiento Entre Culiacan Y Zhongshan. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 12, 2016 ; accessed on May 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.