Sinaloa
A municipality in northern Sinaloa, one of the state's oldest jurisdictions, documented since 1825 as a partido under the Constitución del Estado de Occidente. Its seat, Sinaloa de Leyva, gave the state its name.
Key facts
- Municipal seat
- Sinaloa de Leyva · City
- Population
- 78,670 · 2020
- Occupied dwellings
- 21,075 · 2020
- INEGI code
- 25017
Overview
The municipality of Sinaloa lies in the valley watered by the Río Sinaloa, between farming plain and the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the north of the state. It is divided into nine sindicaturas.
Its economy rests on irrigated agriculture; the Gustavo Díaz Ordaz dam (Bacurato), on the Río Sinaloa, brings irrigation and hydroelectric power to the region.
History
The municipality of Sinaloa 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.
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 spans the Río Sinaloa valley and the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the north of the state.
The Gustavo Díaz Ordaz dam, known as the Bacurato dam, has operated on the Río Sinaloa since 1987, providing irrigation to a wide farming area as well as hydroelectric power.
Cities and localities
Municipal seat
Other localities
- Estación Naranjo · 6,040 residents (2020)
- Genaro Estrada · 3,038 residents (2020)
- Ruiz Cortines Número Tres · 2,397 residents (2020)
- Gabriel Leyva Velázquez (Mezquite Alto) · 2,173 residents (2020)
- Alfonso G. Calderón Velarde · 2,043 residents (2020)
- Cubiri de Portelas · 1,866 residents (2020)
- Llano Grande · 1,541 residents (2020)
- Ejido el Maquipo · 1,461 residents (2020)
- Santiago de Ocoroni · 1,445 residents (2020)
The municipality contains 733 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
- Historia — H. Ayuntamiento de Sinaloa — Gobierno Municipal de Sinaloa
- Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 — Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), Sinaloa — Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía