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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 140 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SINALOA , a N. See also:

state of See also:Mexico, bounded N. by Sonora and See also:Chihuahua, E. by See also:Durango, S. by See also:Tepic, and W. by the Gulf of See also:California, with a See also:coast See also:line of nearly 400 M. See also:Area, 33,671 sq. m. Pop. (1900), 296,701, largely See also:Indians. The See also:surface consists of a narrow coastal See also:zone where tropical conditions prevail, a broad See also:belt of mountainous See also:country covered by the ranges of the Sierra Madre Occidental and their intervening valleys where See also:oak and See also:pine forests are to be found, and an intervening zone among the foothills of the Sierra Madre up to an See also:elevation of 2000 ft., where the conditions are subtropical. The state is traversed by numerous streams, the largest of which have broad valleys among the foothills. The largest of these are the Culiacan, Fuerte and Sinaloa, the last two having See also:short navigable courses across the lowlands. See also:Rain is plentiful everywhere, except in the extreme See also:north, where the conditions are arid. The See also:climate of the See also:low-lying coast lands is hot and malarious, but in the mountains it is cool and healthy. Cereals and mezcal are produced on the uplands, and See also:sugar, See also:rum, See also:coffee, See also:tobacco. See also:grape See also:spirits and See also:fruit in the See also:lower zones. There are excellent See also:cotton lands in the state and the See also:production of this See also:staple was largely See also:developed during the See also:American See also:Civil See also:War, but it has since declined. Grazing receives considerable See also:attention in the uplands, where the temperature is favourable and the pasture-See also:age See also:good, and hides are largely exported.

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Mining, however, is the See also:chief See also:industry, Sinaloa being one of the richest See also:mineral-producing states in the See also:republic. See also:Gold, See also:silver, See also:copper, See also:iron and See also:lead are found. There are also See also:salt deposits and mineral springs. The best-known silver mines are the See also:Rosario, from which about $9o,000,000 had been extracted up to the last See also:decade of the 19th See also:century, and the Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de los Reyes, discovered See also:early in the 19th century and yielding over $85,000,000 before its See also:close. The See also:forest products of the state include See also:rubber, resins, See also:cabinet and dye-See also:woods, deerskins, orchilla and ixtle fibre. Up to the beginning of the zoth century Sinaloa had only one short railway, which connected Culiacan with its See also:port Altata. Since then the Mexican See also:branch of the (American) See also:Southern Pacific railway from Nogales to See also:Guaymas has been extended S.E. along the coast. Sinaloa has excellent natural harbours, only two of which—See also:Mazatlan and Altata—are much used. The bays of Agiobampo and Topolobampo are prospective railway terminals with See also:fine harbours. The See also:capital of the state is Culiacan Rosales (commonly called Culiacan), on the Culiacan See also:river 39 M. from its port, Altata, at the mouth of the same river, with which it is connected by See also:rail. It is a well-built See also:town, with some thriving manufactures, including cotton goods, cigarettes, See also:liqueurs, &c. It is the see of a See also:bishop and has a fine See also:cathedral.

Culiacan (pop. in 1900, 10,380) is the distributing centre for a large See also:

district between Guaymas and Mazatlan. The most important town is Mazatlan, one of the leading ports of Mexico on the Pacific coast, and the commercial centre for S. Sinaloa and N. Durango. Other towns are Mocorito (pop. 9971 in 1895), Sinaloa and Fuerte, all in the N. of the state, Rosario (pop. 8448 in 1900), and See also:San Ignacio in the S.

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