Badiraguato Municipality
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| Badiraguato Municipality Municipio de Badiraguato | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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| Coordinates: 25°21′46″N 107°33′05″W / 25.36278°N 107.55139°W | ||
| Country |
 Mexico | |
| State |
 Sinaloa | |
| Seat | Badiraguato | |
| No. of Sindicaturas | 15 | |
| Foundation | 1915 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal president | Ángel Robles Bañuelos | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5,864.75 km2 (2,264.39 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 29,999[1] | |
| Time zone | Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6) | |
| Website | Official website | |
Municipality of Badiraguato is a municipality in Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.[2] The seat of the municipality is in the small town of Badiraguato. It is the birthplace of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Mexico's most powerful drug lord.[3]
Political subdivision
Badiraguato Municipality is subdivided in 15 sindicaturas:
- El Varejonal
- Ciénega de los Lara
- Cortijos de Guaténipa
- Otatillos
- Higueras de Teófilo Álvarez Borboa
- San Nicolás del Sitio
- Santiago de los Caballeros
- San Javier
- San José del Llano
- Huixiopa
- San Luis Gonzaga
- Potrero de Bejarano
- Surutato
- Santa Rita
- Tameapa
References
- ↑ "Main results by locality 2010". INEGI. 2010.
- ↑ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ↑ Stephey, M.J. (13 May 2009). "Joaquin Guzman Loera: Billionaire Drug Lord". Times. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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Coordinates: 25°21′46″N 107°33′05″W / 25.36278°N 107.55139°W
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