The ceety is locatit in a valley at the confluence o the Tamazula an Humaya Rivers, whaur the twa meet tae form the Culiacán River, an is locatit 55 meters abuin sea level. It is locatit in the centre o the state wi amaist equal distance tae the ither urban centers o the state: Los Mochis tae the north, an Mazatlán tae the sooth.