Sinaloa

Sinaloa (Spaingie pronunciation: [sinaˈloa]) offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Sinaloa) is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 18 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Culiacán Rosales. It is locatit in Northwastren Mexico. It is bordered bi the states o Sonora tae the north, Chihuahua an Durango tae the east (separatit frae them bi the Sierra Madre Occidental) an Nayarit tae the sooth. Tae the wast, Sinaloa haes a significant share o coastline on the Gulf o Californie. The state covers an aurie o 57,377 square kilometer (22,153 sq mi), an includes the Islands o Palmito Verde, Palmito de la Virgen, Altamura, Santa María, Saliaca, Macapule an San Ignacio. In addition tae the caipital ceety, the state's important ceeties include Mazatlán an Los Mochis. See an aw Sinaloa Cartel Notes References C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Elephant Tree: Bursera microphylla, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg Asociacion de Gestores del Patrimonio Historico y Cultural de Mazatlán. 2009. The Mesoamerican Ballgame-Ulama Freemit airtins (in Spaingie) Sinaloa state govrenment Archived 2011-02-28 at the Wayback Machine The History of Indigenous Sinaloa Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine PBS Frontline: The place Mexico's drug kingpins call home