Canelas, Durango Explained

Canelas
Image Alt:A view overlooking Canelas. The buildings are surrounded by green mountains.
Settlement Type:Municipal seat and city
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Durango
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Canelas
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:734
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:Central Standard Time
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:Central Daylight Time
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:25.1°N -140°W
Elevation M:1369

Canelas is a town and seat of the municipality of Canelas, in the state of Durango, northwestern Mexico.[1] Canelas is also known for a wedding that took place, that of the famous Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera and Emma Coronel Aispuro. 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.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. [Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía]
  2. Web site: Y que se nos casa el Chapo la historia de la boda con Emma Coronel Aispuro | Historias del Narco - Blog del Narco - Diario del Narco . 2012-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120604101019/http://www.historiasdelnarco.com/2011/09/y-que-se-nos-casa-el-chapo-la-historia.html . 2012-06-04 . dead .
  3. Web site: Canelas. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Domingo Arrieta Leon. www.durango.net.mx. Gomez. Eduardo Ortega - Juan Arturo. Durango.net.mx. 2017-07-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20170831040303/http://www.durango.net.mx/homeInterno2.asp?seccion=biografias%2FbiografiasDetalle.asp&id=577. 2017-08-31. dead.