Badiraguato

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Badiraguato

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Badiraguato
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 25°21′47″N 107°33′06″W / 25.36306°N 107.55167°W / 25.36306; -107.55167Coordinates: 25°21′47″N 107°33′06″W / 25.36306°N 107.55167°W / 25.36306; -107.55167
Country  Mexico
State Sinaloa
Municipality Badiraguato
Founded in 1605
Government
  Municipal president Ángel Robles Bañuelos
Population (2010)
  Total 3,725
Time zone Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
  Summer (DST) Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6)
Website Official website

Badiraguato is a small city and seat of the Badiraguato Municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It stands at 25°21′47″N 107°33′06″W / 25.36306°N 107.55167°W / 25.36306; -107.55167. According to 2010 census, the city reported 3,725 inhabitants. It is the birthplace of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Mexico's most powerful drug lord.[1]

Badiraguato is located near the municipality of Culiacán, the Sierra Madre Occidental which cross Badiraguato gives to the municipality temperate forest ecosystems.

Badiraguato also has a varied climate, so it has from hot and arid, to snowy forests in his higher parts, some climates variate from the hottest(44.5 celsius degrees) to the coldest( 9 degrees below zero)

References

  1. Stephey, M.J. (13 May 2009). "Joaquin Guzman Loera: Billionaire Drug Lord". Times. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 
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