Sinaloa
墨西哥西部太平洋沿岸一州。面积5.8万平方公里。人口221.1万(1991)。
Mexico: a state in the Western Pacific coast. Area of 58000 square kilometers. The population of 2211000 (1991).
首府库利亚坎。大部分为西马德雷山脉西麓狭长的沿海平原,沿海多湖泊,南部多沼泽。气候炎热,月平均气温20—25℃, 年降水量700毫米左右。原属索诺拉州,1830年单独设州。墨西哥新兴灌溉农业区,水稻产量占全国半数以上,还产小麦、玉米、棉花、甘蔗和蔬菜;畜牧业以牛、猪为主。有铜、铅、锌、金、银、铁、石墨等矿产;工业以食品、纺织为主。渔业和旅游业亦颇发达。铁路纵贯全州,公路通杜兰戈等内地城市。马萨特兰为主要港口。
Capital culiacan. Most of the Sima Delle mountains west of the narrow coastal plain, the coastal lakes, southern marsh. The climate is hot, the monthly mean temperature 20 - 25 ℃, about 700 millimeters of annual precipitation. Originally a separate state of Sonora, 1830. Mexico new area of irrigated agriculture, rice production accounted for more than half the country, production of wheat, corn, cotton, sugarcane and vegetables; livestock to cattle, pigs. Copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, iron, graphite and other mineral; industrial food, mainly textiles. Fishing and tourism industry is quite developed. The railway runs through the Quanzhou, Durango and other mainland city road. Mazatlan is a major port.