Canelas, Durango

Canelas
Municipal seat and city
Canelas

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 25°06′N 106°34′W / 25.100°N 106.567°WCoordinates: 25°06′N 106°34′W / 25.100°N 106.567°W
Country  Mexico
State Durango
Municipality Canelas
Population (2010)
  Total 734
Time zone Central

Canelas is a town and seat of the municipality of Canelas, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico.[1] Canelas is also known for a wedding that took place, the famous Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera. Reports indicate that this wedding took place in 2007 in Canelas.[2] As of 2010, the town had a population of 734.[3]

Geography

Canelas is located in the Sierra Madre Occidental. It is surrounded by pine trees. Its location gives Canelas humid sub-tropical weather. Many people have been benefited with the natural resource of the forest and involved in logging.

References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on December 19, 2008
  2. http://www.historiasdelnarco.com/2011/09/y-que-se-nos-casa-el-chapo-la-historia.html
  3. "Canelas". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.