Canelas, Durango

Canelas
Municipal seat and city
A view overlooking Canelas. The buildings are surrounded by green mountains.
Canelas, Durango
Canelas is located in Mexico
Canelas
Canelas
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 25°06′N 106°34′W / 25.100°N 106.567°W / 25.100; -106.567
Country Mexico
StateDurango
MunicipalityCanelas
Elevation
1,369 m (4,491 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total734
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)

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]

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on December 19, 2008
  2. ^ "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". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  3. ^ "Canelas". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.