Culiacán

"Culiacán, oficialmente Culiacán Rosales, es una ciudad del noroeste de México, capital y ciudad más grande del Estado de Sinaloa y del Municipio de Culiacán. Culiacán es la ciudad más poblada y extensa del estado de Sinaloa, fue fundada el 29 de septiembre de 1531 por el Conquistador Español Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán. El primer trazo de la ciudad lo realizó el Arquitecto Luis F. Molina."

"Culiacán () is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán. With 675,773 inhabitants in the city (census of 2010), and 858,638 in the municipality. While the municipality has a total area of 4,758 km2 (1,837 sq mi), the city itself is dense, at only 65 km2 (25 sq mi). 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, and is located 55 meters above sea level. It is located in the center of the state with almost equal distance to the other urban centers of the state: Los Mochis to the north, and Mazatlán to the south."