Cosala
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 Cosalá
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| Coordinates: 24°24′45″N 106°41′30″W / 24.41250°N 106.69167°WCoordinates: 24°24′45″N 106°41′30″W / 24.41250°N 106.69167°W | ||
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State | Sinaloa | |
| Municipality | Cosalá | |
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| • Municipal president | Mario Padilla (PRI) | |
| Elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 6,577 | |
| Time zone | Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6) | |
| Website | Cosalá Government page | |
Cosalá (Spanish 
[kosala'] is a small city and the seat of its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It stands at 24°24′45″N 106°41′30″W / 24.41250°N 106.69167°W. The city reported 6,577 inhabitants in the 2010 census.
Cosala is located 155 km. from state capital Culiacán. The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins, shortened its name to the Royal Mines of Cosala is the municipal seat and without doubt one of the most beautiful villages of the state, keeping a quiet atmosphere that seem like you are in a story book. As if history had stopped in the times of the Spaniards. Every little street is a delight. One would want to stay at least a couple of days in Cosala.
Francisco Iriarte y Conde, governor of Occidente State declared Cosala the capital of the western state in 1826. This was due to the growing threat of attack on the former capital El Fuerte, Sinaloa by the forces of Juan Banderas, leader of the Yaqui at that point in the Yaqui Wars.
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