Sinaloa de Leyva

Sinaloa de Leyva
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Sinaloa de Leyva Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 25°36′25″N 107°33′18″W / 25.60694°N 107.55500°W / 25.60694; -107.55500
Country	Mexico
State	Sinaloa
Municipality	Sinaloa
Founded in	1583
Founded by	Pedro de Montoya
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	5,240
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time)
Website	Official website

Sinaloa de Leyva (Spanish pronunciation: [sinaˈloa ðe ˈlejβa]) is a town in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Its geographical location is 25°36′25″N 107°33′18″W / 25.60694°N 107.55500°W / 25.60694; -107.55500. The honorific "de Leyva" commemorates Gabriel Leyva Solano [es], an early supporter of Francisco I. Madero in the Mexican Revolution who was born there.^[1] Sinaloa serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality (municipio) of Sinaloa, Sinaloa. The municipality reported 88,282 inhabitants in the 2010 census. It is a former capital of the state of Sinaloa.^{[citation needed]}