Mocorito
A municipality in north-central Sinaloa, one of the state's oldest districts, dating to Sinaloa's first Constitution of 1831. Its seat, Mocorito, has been a Pueblo Mágico since 2015.
Key facts
- Municipal seat
- Mocorito · City
- Population
- 40,358 · 2020
- Occupied dwellings
- 11,587 · 2020
- INEGI code
- 25013
Overview
Mocorito lies at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the valley watered by the Río Mocorito, in north-central Sinaloa. Its economy combines irrigated agriculture with the commerce and services of its seat.
The municipality is the home region of chilorio: in 2026 Mexico's Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) granted the dish a Protected Geographic Indication exclusive to Mocorito.
History
Mocorito appears as one of the state's original districts as far back as Sinaloa's first Constitution, of 1831. It remained a distrito through the nineteenth century; with the 1917 Constitution and the disappearance of the district system, it was consolidated as one of the state's free municipalities.
In 1962, Decreto No. 280 split the sindicatura of Guamúchil off from the municipality of Mocorito to create the municipality of Salvador Alvarado.
Geography
The municipality lies at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the valley watered by the Río Mocorito, which rises in the Sierra de los Parra and reaches the coast near Playa Colorada.
The Eustaquio Buelna dam, built in 1962 on the Río Mocorito, brings irrigation to the municipalities of Mocorito, Salvador Alvarado and Angostura.
Cities and localities
Municipal seat
Other localities
- Pericos · 6,244 residents (2020)
- Caimanero · 1,881 residents (2020)
- Melchor Ocampo · 1,773 residents (2020)
- Recoveco · 1,368 residents (2020)
- Higuera de los Vega · 1,278 residents (2020)
- Potrero de los Sánchez (Estación Techa) · 998 residents (2020)
- Cerro Agudo · 914 residents (2020)
- Rancho Viejo · 735 residents (2020)
- El Valle de Leyva Solano (El Valle) · 594 residents (2020)
The municipality contains 403 localities on the INEGI register.
Related gastronomy
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
- Publicación de nuevas declaraciones de protección de indicaciones geográficas — Chilorio de Mocorito — Arochi & Lindner (boletín de propiedad intelectual)
- Chilorio — Diccionario enciclopédico de la Gastronomía Mexicana — Ediciones Larousse
- Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 — Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), Sinaloa — Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía