Editing Sinaloa (section)

{{short description|State of Mexico }}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Sinaloa
| official_name      = {{raise|0.2em|Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa}}<br />{{nobold|{{lang|es|Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa}} {{small|([[Mexican Spanish|Spanish]])}}}}
| native_name_lang   = 
| settlement_type    = [[States of Mexico|State]]
| image_skyline      = Sierra_Madre_Occidental....jpg
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = The [[Sierra Madre Occidental]]
| image_flag         = <!--As per the consensus reached at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mexico]] (oldid: 1007177146), this article should not use a flag because none is officially recognized by the government of the state-->
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| flag_alt           = 
| image_shield       = Coat of arms of Sinaloa.svg
| shield_size        = 65px
| nickname           = The Land of the 11 Rivers
| motto              = <!--NO-->
| anthem             = State of Sinaloa Anthem<br />{{center|[[File:Himno Sinaloa Oficial.ogg]]}}
| image_map          = Sinaloa in Mexico (location map scheme).svg
| map_caption        = State of Sinaloa within Mexico
| coordinates        = {{coord|25|0|N|107|30|W|region:MX-SIN_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{MEX}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Capital city|Capital]]<br>{{nobold|and [[List of cities in Mexico|largest city]]}}
| subdivision_name1  = [[Culiacán]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Metropolitan area|Largest metro]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Culiacán|Greater Culiacán]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Municipalities of Mexico|Municipalities]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Municipalities of Sinaloa|18]]
| established_title  = [[Sovereign state|Admission]]
| established_date   = 14 October 1830<ref>{{cite news | title=Ley. Reglas para la división del Estado de Sonora y Sinaloa | url=http://www.biblioteca.tv/artman2/publish/1830_135/Ley_Reglas_para_la_divisi_n_del_Estado_de_Sonora_y_Sinaloa.shtml | language=es | access-date=2010-02-09 | archive-date=2019-10-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017191215/http://www.biblioteca.tv/artman2/publish/1830_135/Ley_Reglas_para_la_divisi_n_del_Estado_de_Sonora_y_Sinaloa.shtml | url-status=live }}</ref>
| established_title2 = [[Territorial evolution of Mexico|Order]]
| established_date2  = [[Territorial evolution of Mexico|20th]]
| founder            = 
| seat_type          = 
| seat               = 
| government_footnotes = 
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = [[List of Mexican state governors|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg|link=Morena (political party)|23px]] [[Rubén Rocha Moya]]
| leader_title1      = [[Senate of Mexico|Senators]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senadores por Sinaloa LXI Legislatura |url=http://www.senado.gob.mx/index.php?ver=int&mn=4&sm=4&id=25 |publisher=Senado de la Republica |access-date=April 6, 2011 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115002/http://www.senado.gob.mx/index.php?ver=int&mn=4&sm=4&id=25 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| leader_name1       = {{ubl|{{nowrap|[[File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg|link=Morena (political party)|23px]] [[Raúl de Jesús Elenes Angulo]]}}|[[File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg|link=Morena (political party)|23px]] [[Imelda Castro Castro]]|[[File:PRI logo (Mexico).svg|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party|23px]] [[Mario Zamora Gastélum]]}}
| leader_title2      = [[Chamber of Deputies of Mexico|Deputies]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Sinaloa |url=http://sitl.diputados.gob.mx/LXI_leg/listado_diputados_gpnp.php?tipot=Edo&edot=25 |publisher=Camara de Diputados |access-date=April 6, 2011 |archive-date=March 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316215506/http://sitl.diputados.gob.mx/LXI_leg/listado_diputados_gpnp.php?tipot=Edo&edot=25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| leader_name2       = {{Collapsible list
 |title       = [[LXV Legislature of the Mexican Congress#Chamber_of_Deputies_2|Federal Deputies]]
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 |1           = {{nowrap|• [[File:PT_Party_(Mexico).svg|link=Labor Party (Mexico)|23px]] [[Leobardo Alcántara Martínez]] ([[I Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa|1st]])}}
 |2           = {{nowrap|• [[File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg|link=Morena (political party)|23px]] [[Ana Elizabeth Ayala Leyva]] ([[II Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa|2nd]])}}
 |3           = {{nowrap|• [[File:PT_Party_(Mexico).svg|link=Labor Party (Mexico)|23px]] [[Jesús Fernando García Hernández]] ([[III Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa|3rd]])}}
 |4           = {{nowrap|• [[File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg|link=Morena (political party)|23px]] [[Casimiro Zamora Valdéz]] ([[IV Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa|4th]])}}
 |5           = {{nowrap|• [[File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg|link=Morena (political party)|23px]] [[Yadira Santiago Marcos]] ([[V Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa|5th]])}}
 |6           = {{nowrap|• [[File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg|link=Morena (political party)|23px]] [[Olegaria Carrazco Macías]] ([[VI Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa|6th]])}}
 |7           = {{nowrap|• [[File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg|link=Morena (political party)|23px]] [[Merary Villegas Sánchez]] ([[VII Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa|7th]])}}
}}
| unit_pref          = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Resumen |url=http://cuentame.inegi.gob.mx/monografias/informacion/sin/default.aspx?tema=me&e=25 |publisher=Cuentame INEGI |access-date=February 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514224346/http://cuentame.inegi.gob.mx/monografias/informacion/sin/default.aspx?tema=me&e=25 |archive-date=May 14, 2013 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 58328
| area_land_km2      = 
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_water_percent = 
| area_note          = [[List of Mexican states by area|Ranked 17th]]
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_max_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Relieve |url=http://cuentame.inegi.gob.mx/monografias/informacion/sin/territorio/relieve.aspx?tema=me&e=25 |publisher=Cuentame INEGI |access-date=April 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014020156/http://cuentame.inegi.gob.mx/monografias/informacion/sin/territorio/relieve.aspx?tema=me&e=25 |archive-date=October 14, 2010 }}</ref>
| elevation_max_m    = 2815
| elevation_max_point = [[Cerro La Cueva Gacha]]
| elevation_max_ft   = 
| elevation_min_m    = 
| elevation_min_ft   = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/areasgeograficas/#tabMCcollapse-Indicadores|title=México en cifras|date=January 2016|access-date=2021-01-25|archive-date=2021-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718104723/https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/areasgeograficas/#tabMCcollapse-Indicadores|url-status=live}}</ref>
| population_total   = 3,026,943
| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_rank    = [[List of Mexican states by population|16th]]
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_rank = [[List of Mexican states by population density|18th]]
| population_demonym = Sinaloense
| population_note    = 
| demographics_type2 = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.banamex.com/sitios/analisis-financiero/pdf/revistas//IRAE/IRAE2023.pdf|title=Indicadores Regionales de Actividad Económica 2023|author=Citibanamex|language=es|date=June 13, 2023|access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = MXN 668 billion<br />(US$33.3 billion) (2022)
| demographics2_title2 = Per capita
| demographics2_info2 = (US$10,840) (2022)
| timezone1          = [[Mountain Standard Time|MST]]
| utc_offset1        = −7
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in Mexico|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 80-82
| area_code_type     = [[Area code]]
| area_code          = {{Collapsible list
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 |1           = • 667
 |2           = • 668
 |3           = • 669
 |4           = • 672
 |5           = • 673
 |6           = • 687
 |7           = • 694
 |8           = • 695
 |9           = • 696
 |10          = • 697
 |11          = • 698
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| iso_code           = MX-SIN
| blank_name_sec1    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]]
| blank_info_sec1    = {{increase}} 0.805 <span style="color:#090">very high</span> <small>[[List of Mexican states by HDI|Ranked 5th of 32]]</small>
| website            = {{official URL}}
| footnotes          = 
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'''Sinaloa''' ({{IPA|es|sinaˈloa|-|Sinaloa.ogg}}), officially the '''{{lang|es|Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa}}''' ({{langx|en|Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa}}), is one of the 31 states which, along with [[Mexico City]], compose the [[Administrative divisions of Mexico|Federal Entities]] of [[Mexico]]. It is divided into [[Municipalities of Sinaloa|18 municipalities]], and its capital city is [[Culiacán|Culiacán Rosales]].

It is located in northwest Mexico and is bordered by the states of [[Sonora]] to the northwest, [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] to the north and [[Durango]] to the east, both across the [[Sierra Madre Occidental]]; and [[Nayarit]] to the southeast. To the west, Sinaloa faces [[Baja California Sur]], across the [[Gulf of California]]. The state covers an area of {{convert|58328|km2|sqmi|sp=us}} and includes the islands of Palmito Verde, Palmito de la Virgen, Altamura, Santa María, Saliaca, Macapule, and San Ignacio. In addition to the capital city, the state's important cities include [[Mazatlán]] and [[Los Mochis]].