Cosalá
A municipality in the Sierra Madre Occidental in south-central Sinaloa, documented since 1825 as a partido under the Constitución del Estado de Occidente. Its seat served as capital of the Estado de Occidente between 1826 and 1828.
Key facts
- Municipal seat
- Cosalá · City
- Population
- 17,012 · 2020
- Occupied dwellings
- 4,174 · 2020
- INEGI code
- 25005
Overview
Cosalá spans the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the Río Elota and Río San Lorenzo basins, in south-central Sinaloa.
Its historical economy was tied to gold and silver mining; today it combines agriculture and ranching in the municipality's outlying communities with commerce and tourism at its seat.
History
The municipality of Cosalá is one of the state's oldest jurisdictions: it appears documented since 1825 as a partido, under the Constitución del Estado de Occidente. INEGI's historical municipal record records no primary-source creation date earlier than that reference.
Between 1826 and 1828, the locality of Cosalá held the seat of government of the Estado de Occidente, the joint entity that grouped together the present-day states of Sonora and Sinaloa, before the capital moved to Álamos.
With the 1917 Constitution and the disappearance of the district system, it was consolidated as one of the state's free municipalities.
Geography
The municipality lies in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the Río Elota and Río San Lorenzo basins, in south-central Sinaloa.
Its territory combines sierra areas of historic mining character with farming and ranching areas in the valleys.
Cities and localities
Municipal seat
Other localities
- El Rodeo · 523 residents (2020)
- Higueras de Padilla · 415 residents (2020)
- Cholula · 408 residents (2020)
- La Ilama · 340 residents (2020)
- La Estancia · 339 residents (2020)
- El Ranchito · 309 residents (2020)
- Chapala · 303 residents (2020)
- San Miguel de las Mesas · 281 residents (2020)
- Mezcaltitán · 231 residents (2020)
The municipality contains 148 localities on the INEGI register.
Related topics
- History
- Colonial history
- Agriculture
Sources and data
The figures on this page come from public sources. Each data point shows its year and origin.
- Evolución histórica de los municipios de México de 1810 a 2020. Sinaloa — Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía
- Cosalá — Lugares INAH — Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)
- Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 — Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), Sinaloa — Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía