Guamúchil (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwaˈmutʃil]), Sinaloa, is a city in northern Mexico 100 km north of Culiacán. The city serves as municipal seat of the municipality of Salvador Alvarado. At the census of 2005 the city had an official population of 61,862 inhabitants. It is the fifth-largest community in the state in population (after Culiacán, Mazatlán, Los Mochis, and Guasave).
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The municipal logo consists of:
Overall Guamúchil has been one of the cities that generates the greatest progress to the state.
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 27.6 (81.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
35.3 (95.5) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.9 (94.8) |
34.9 (94.8) |
34.9 (94.8) |
31.9 (89.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
32.65 (90.78) |
Average low °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
11 (52) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
17.44 (63.39) |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 20 (0.8) |
10 (0.4) |
5 (0.2) |
0 (0) |
5 (0.2) |
15 (0.6) |
140 (5.5) |
183 (7.2) |
127 (5) |
46 (1.8) |
28 (1.1) |
18 (0.7) |
597 (23.5) |
Source: Weatherbase [1] |
Guamúchil was the hometown of singer and actor Pedro Infante, birthplace of Mexican singer Ana Gabriel, and Miss México World 2009 Perla Beltrán.
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática.
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