Navolato, Sinaloa

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Navolato is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located on the central coast part of the state, the municipality bordering on the Gulf of California.

The municipality reported 135,681 inhabitants in the 2005 census, while the city reported 28,676 inhabitants. The city is located about 40 kilometers west of Culiacán and can be reached by road. The municipality has an areal extent of 2,285 km² (882.24 sq mi) and includes many smaller communities in addition to the city of Navolato; the largest of these are the towns of Campo Gobierno, and General Ángel Flores (La Palma).

The name Navolato comes from the native Nahuatl language. The people in Navolato produce sugarcane, corn, and other agricultural products. Nearby tourist destinations are Altata, Nuevo Altata, and El Tambor.

It is said that the city will unite with the larger city of Culiacán by the year 2008, bringing the population to 960,000 inhabitants.

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Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Sinaloa Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México