Guamúchil

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Guamúchil

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 25°27′50″N 108°4′46″W / 25.46389°N 108.07944°WCoordinates: 25°27′50″N 108°4′46″W / 25.46389°N 108.07944°W

Country

Mexico

State

Sinaloa

Municipality

Salvador Alvarado

Government

• Mayor

Gonzalo Camacho Angulo (PAN)

Elevation

50 m (160 ft)

Population (2010)

• Total

63,743

Time zone

Pacific Time zone (UTC-7)

• Summer (DST)

Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-6)

Guamúchil (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwaˈmutʃil]) is a city located in the state of Sinaloa (Northern Mexico). It is 100 km north of Culiacán. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Salvador Alvarado. In the 2010 census, the city had an official population of 63,743 inhabitants. It is the fifth-largest city in the state in population after Culiacán, Mazatlán, Los Mochis and Guasave, respectively.

The municipal logo consists of:

Overall Guamúchil has been one of the cities that generates the greatest progress to the state.

Guamúchil has a hot-type semi-arid or steppe climate (BSh) under the Köppen climate classification, with a mean annual precipitation of 593 millimetres (23.3 in) and a mean annual temperature of 25.1 °C (77.2 °F).

Trade is a very important part for the economy of this city. There are large grain storage warehouses for sale and use. Agriculture is one of the main sources of income in the area, and different types of foods are grown but it is mainly corn and tomato.

This city can produce more than 15 types of different crops. Many basic for Regional Agro-industry and for domestic and international markets, such as safflower, wheat, soybeans, corn, sorghum, vegetables, chickpeas, fruits and grasses among other consumption.

Guamúchil was the hometown of singer and actor Pedro Infante, birthplace of Mexican singer Ana Gabriel, and Miss México World 2009 Perla Beltrán.

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