Navolato
Navolato is a city and its surrounding municipality in the
Mexican state of
Sinaloa.
The municipality reported 145,622 inhabitants in the
2000 census, while the
city contains about 50,000 inhabitants. The city is located about 40 kilometers west of Culiacán and can be reached by
road. The name Navolato comes from the native
Nahuatl language. The people in Navolato produce sugarcane,
corn, and other agricultural products. Nearby tourist destinations are
Altata, Nuevo Altata, and El Tambor.
It is said that the city will unite with the larger
city of
Culiacán by
2008, bringing the
population to 960,000 inhabitants.
*http://www.sinaloa.gob.mx/conociendo/municipios/navolato.htm
*
Navolato City web site
