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.
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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 |
Kintra | Mexico |
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Caipital | Culiacán Rosales |
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Lairgest Ceety | Culiacán Rosales |
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Municipalities | 18 |
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Admission | October 14, 1830[1] |
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Order | 20t |
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Govrenment |
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• Govrenor | Mario López Valdez |
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• Senators[2] | Francisco Labastida Margarita Villaescusa (I) María Serrano |
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• Deputies[3] |
Federal Deputies
- • Rolando Bojórquez
- • Germán Contreras
- • Miguel Ángel García
- • Hadamira Gastélum
- • Aarón Irízar López
- • Óscar Javier Lara
- • Óscar Lara Salazar
- • Óscar Levin Coppel
- • Alfredo Villegas
- • Rolando Zubia Rivera
- • Manuel Clouthier
- • Eduardo Robles Medina
- • Adolfo Rojo Montoya
- • Herón Escobar García
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Area |
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• Total | 57377 km2 (22,153 sq mi) |
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| Ranked 18t |
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Highest elevation | 2520 m (8,270 ft) |
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Population |
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• Total | 2,767,761 |
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• Rank | 15t |
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• Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
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• Density rank | 18t |
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Demonym(s) | Sinaloense |
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Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
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• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
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Postal code | 80-82 |
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Aurie code |
Aurie codes
- • 667
- • 668
- • 669
- • 672
- • 673
- • 687
- • 694
- • 695
- • 696
- • 697
- • 698
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ISO 3166 code | MX-SIN |
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HDI | 0.842 high Ranked 13t |
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GDP | US$ 13,749,376.25 th[a] |
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Website | Official Website |
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^ 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]
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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.