# Elota

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{{Short description|Municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa}}
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|name          = Elota Municipality
|settlement_type        =[Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Mexico) 
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|native_name            =  Municipio de Elota
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|pushpin_map_caption    =Location in Mexico
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|subdivision_type1      = [State](/source/Administrative_divisions_of_Mexico)
|subdivision_name1      = 15px [Sinaloa](/source/Sinaloa)
|subdivision_type2      = [Seat](/source/Seat_(legal_entity))
|subdivision_name2      = [La Cruz](/source/La_Cruz%2C_Sinaloa)
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|subdivision_name3      = 6
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|leader_title           = [Municipal president](/source/Municipal_president)
|leader_name            =  20px Richard Millán Vázquez.
|established_title      = Foundation
|established_date       = 1917
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|area_total_km2           =1.518
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|population_as_of               =2010
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|population_total               =42,907<ref name="INEGI">{{cite web |url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/consulta_resultados/iter2010.aspx?c=27329&s=est |title=Main results by locality 2010 |year=2010 |publisher=INEGI}}</ref> 
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|timezone               = [Mountain Standard Time](/source/Mountain_Time_Zone)
|utc_offset             = -7 
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|website                = [http://www.elota.gob.mx Elota Government page]
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'''Elota''' is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Sinaloa) in the [Mexican](/source/Mexico) [state](/source/States_of_Mexico) of [Sinaloa](/source/Sinaloa). It stands at 
{{coord|23|46|10|N|106|35|0|W|}}.
<!-- 23° 46'10" N. and 106° 35'00" W. -->
The municipality reported 55,339 inhabitants in the 2020 census.

The municipal seat of Elota is the city of [La Cruz](/source/La_Cruz%2C_Sinaloa).

==References==
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==External links==
*http://www.elota.gob.mx/

{{Sinaloa}}

Category:Populated places in Sinaloa
Elota

{{Sinaloa-geo-stub}}

{{commonscat|Elota Municipality}}

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