Sinaloa Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa | |
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State of Sinaloa within Mexico | |
Coordinates: 25°0′10″N 107°30′10″W / 25.00278°N 107.50278°W | |
Kintra | Mexico |
Caipital | Culiacán Rosales |
Lairgest Ceety | Culiacán Rosales |
Municipalities | 18 |
Admission | October 14, 1830[1] |
Order | 20t |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Mario López Valdez |
• Senators[2] | Francisco Labastida Margarita Villaescusa (I) María Serrano |
• Deputies[3] | |
Area | |
• Total | 57377 km2 (22,153 sq mi) |
Ranked 18t | |
Highest elevation | 2520 m (8,270 ft) |
Population (2010)[6] | |
• Total | 2,767,761 |
• Rank | 15t |
• Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 18t |
Demonym(s) | Sinaloense |
Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Postal code | 80-82 |
Aurie code | |
ISO 3166 code | MX-SIN |
HDI | 0.842 high Ranked 13t |
GDP | US$ 13,749,376.25 th[a] |
Website | Official Website |
^ a. The state's GDP wis $175,992,016 thoosan o pesos in 2008,[6] amount correspondin tae $13,749,376.25 thoosan o dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[7] |
Sinaloa (Spaingie pronunciation: [sinaˈloa]) offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Sinaloa) is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 18 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Culiacán Rosales.
It is locatit in Northwastren Mexico. It is bordered bi the states o Sonora tae the north, Chihuahua an Durango tae the east (separatit frae them bi the Sierra Madre Occidental) an Nayarit tae the sooth. Tae the wast, Sinaloa haes a significant share o coastline on the Gulf o Californie.
The state covers an aurie o 57,377 square kilometer (22,153 sq mi), an includes the Islands o Palmito Verde, Palmito de la Virgen, Altamura, Santa María, Saliaca, Macapule an San Ignacio.
In addition tae the caipital ceety, the state's important ceeties include Mazatlán an Los Mochis.