Sinaloa Municipality
Sinaloa Municipality
Municipio de Sinaloa | |
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| Location of the municipality in Sinaloa Location of the municipality in Sinaloa | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico |
| State | File:Coat of arms of Sinaloa.svg Sinaloa |
| Seat | Sinaloa de Leyva |
| No. of Sindicaturas | 9 |
| Foundation | 1915 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Saúl Rubio Valenzuela File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,186.5 km2 (2,388.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 88,282[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Zona Pacífico) |
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Sinaloa is a municipality in the state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. It is the largest municipality in Sinaloa[2] and its seat is Sinaloa de Leyva.
Political subdivision
[edit | edit source]The municipality of Sinaloa is subdivided in 9 sindicaturas:
- Bacubirito
- Estación Naranjo
- Lázaro Cárdenas (Ejido Ruiz Cortines No. 1)
- Llano Grande
- Maquipo
- Ocoroni
- Palmar de los Sepúlveda
- San José de Gracia
- San José de las Delicias
Economy
[edit | edit source]Agriculture is one of the three main economic activities in this municipality, with cultivation of maize, beans, soy, wheat, sorghum, tomato and sesame representing the main preferences. Cattle farming is another of the three activities, with 6820 registered cattle farmers, as well as 52235 heads of cattle. In a much more reduced quantity, pigs are reared, as well as domestic birds. The industrial aspect of the economy consists of a furniture factory, as well as a hydroelectric plant belonging to the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).[citation needed]
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
