Municipality of Sinaloa is a municipality in the state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.[2] Its seat is Sinaloa de Leyva.

Sinaloa Municipality Municipio de Sinaloa
Municipality
Seal
Location of the municipality in Sinaloa
Country	Mexico
State	Sinaloa
Seat	Sinaloa de Leyva
No. of Sindicaturas	9
Foundation	1915
Government
• Municipal president	Saúl Rubio Valenzuela
Area
• Total	6,186.5 km2 (2,388.6 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	88,282[1]
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Website	Official website

Political subdivision

Sinaloa Municipality 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

Agriculture is one of the three main economical 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 CFE.

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[ru] Синалоа (муниципалитет)