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Sinaloa, Mexico

Sinaloa, México
State
Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa
Flag of Sinaloa, México
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Official seal of Sinaloa, México
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Nickname(s): The Land of the 11 Rivers
Anthem: State of Sinaloa Anthem
State of Sinaloa within Mexico
State of Sinaloa within Mexico
Coordinates: 25°0′N 107°30′W / 25.000°N 107.500°W / 25.000; -107.500Coordinates: 25°0′N 107°30′W / 25.000°N 107.500°W / 25.000; -107.500
Country Mexico
Capital Culiacán Rosales
Largest City Culiacán Rosales
Municipalities 18
Admission October 14, 1830
Order 20th
Seat 123
Government
 • Governor Quirino Ordaz Coppel PRI
 • Senators Aarón Irízar López PRI
Daniel Amador Gaxiola PRI
Francisco Salvador López Brito PAN
 • Deputies
Area
 • Total 57,365 km2 (22,149 sq mi)
  Ranked 18th
Highest elevation 2,520 m (8,270 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 2,966,321
 • Rank 16th
 • Density 52/km2 (130/sq mi)
 • Density rank 18th
Demonym(s) Sinaloense
Time zone MST (UTC−7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC−6)
Postal code 80-82
Area code
ISO 3166 code MX-SIN
HDI Increase 0.764 very high Ranked 8th
GDP US$ 13,749,376.25
Website www.sinaloa.gob.mx
^ a. The state's GDP was $175,992,016 thousand of pesos in 2008, amount corresponding to $13,749,376.25 thousand of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).

Sinaloa (About this sound sinaˈloa ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, compose the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales.

It is located in Northwestern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Sonora to the north, Chihuahua and Durango to the east (separated from them by the Sierra Madre Occidental) and Nayarit to the south. To the west, Sinaloa has a significant share of coastline on the Gulf of California.

The state covers an area of 57,377 square kilometers (22,153 sq mi), and includes the Islands of Palmito Verde, Palmito de la Virgen, Altamura, Santa María, Saliaca, Macapule and San Ignacio. It is known to be a stronghold territory for the Sinaloa Cartel.

In addition to the capital city, the state's important cities include Mazatlán and Los Mochis.


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