LOCATION:

AREA: 623.22 km²
POPULATION: 50.438 People
HEAD: Escuinapa de Hidalgo
CREATION: September 7, 1915

LATITUDE: 22° 28' 00 - 22° 57' 10" N N
LENGTH: 105° 26' 17" - 105° 55' 15" O O
ALTITUDE: 850 msnm

MOST IMPORTANT KM DISTANCES:

Escuinapa to Teacapán: 41 Kms.
Escuinapa to Mazatlán: 98 Kms.
Escuinapa to Culiacán: 298 kms.
Escuinapa to Los Mochis: 509 Kms.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY:

Agriculture: Highlights products are mainly fruit trees of mango, lemon, plum, avocado, dates, coconut. Is also grows corn and beans.
beekeeping: Modern hives charge rise over the rustic ones and it results in a higher production of honey and beeswax.
Livestock: Livestock rearing bobino, pigs, goats and poultry production of chickens, roosters, turkeys, ducks and geese.
Fishing: It is an important economic activity and generating job, using coastal waters and inland waters protected. For the infrastructure of support there is a center (warehouse) for refrigerated product, a canning company, and an ice plant. The most important catch species are shrimp and mullet.
Industry: The industry of Escuinapa is based on fruit production and fishing. For this purpose, there are work centers dedicated to packing and canning of fruits and vegetables, and plants engaged in processing, packing and canning of seafood .
Services: The infrastructure of the integrated tourism services is based on hotels, restaurants and cafes, becoming aceptable the transportation service.

POPULATION:

Primary sector (fishing, agriculture, hunting): 55%
Secondary sector (mining): 5%
Tertiary sector (trade, tourism and services): 40%