A locality in the municipality of Salvador Alvarado
Guamúchil
CityA city, the seat of the municipality of Salvador Alvarado, in north-central Sinaloa. It grew up around the railroad station, opened on 1 August 1908, and is today the region's commercial, service and farm-produce hub.
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Key facts
- Municipality
- Salvador Alvarado
- Population
- 65,215 · 2020
- Occupied dwellings
- 19,090 · 2020
- Settlement type (INEGI)
- Urban
- Elevation
- 49 m
- INEGI code
- 250150001
Overview
Guamúchil lies on the farming plain of north-central Sinaloa, around the old railway alignment — now Avenida Ferrocarril — which anchors the city's commerce.
It has held the government of the municipality of Salvador Alvarado since 1962 and concentrates the region's commerce, services and farm produce trade.
History
The settlement grew from the railroad's arrival: the station opened on 1 August 1908, a date the municipal government commemorates every year as the start of Guamúchil's urban growth.
In 1962 the state congress, through Decreto No. 280, separated the sindicatura of Guamúchil from the municipality of Mocorito to create the municipality of Salvador Alvarado, with Guamúchil as its seat.
Location and geography
Related topics
- Agriculture
- Railways
- History
Related stories
- History
Pedro Infante: from Mazatlán to Guamúchil
Before becoming an icon of Mexican film and ranchera song, Pedro Infante was a boy from Mazatlán who came of age in Guamúchil — where he learned a trade, joined his first orchestra, and took the earliest steps toward the music that would make him famous.
Sources and data
The figures on this page come from public sources. Each data point shows its year and origin.
- Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 — Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), Sinaloa — Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía
- Historia de Salvador Alvarado — Gobierno Municipal de Salvador Alvarado
- Guamúchil celebra años de crecimiento y desarrollo (aniversario de la llegada del ferrocarril) — Gobierno Municipal de Salvador Alvarado
- Evolución histórica de los municipios de México de 1810 a 2020. Sinaloa — Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía