Sinaloa de Leyva
Sinaloa de Leyva (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˌsinaˈloa ðe ˈleʝβa]) is a toun in the Mexican state o Sinaloa.
Sinaloa de Leyva | |
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  Sinaloa de Leyva Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 25°36′25″N 107°33′18″W / 25.60694°N 107.55500°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Sinaloa |
| Municipality | Sinaloa |
| Foondit in | 1583 |
| Foondit bi | Pedro de Montoya |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,240 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Muntain Staundart Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (Muntain Daylicht Time) |
| Website | Official website |
Sinaloa de Leyva wis establishit as San Felipe y Santiago in 1585 bi Antonio Ruiz, Bartolomé de Mondragón, Tomás de Soberanes, Juan Martínez del Castillo an Juan Caballero.[1] Bi 1590, Ruiz wis its alcalde mayor, an it held nine fowk who ekit oot a livin, but the situation impruivit throu their discovery o the mines o Chínipas, an the arrival o the Jesuits in 1591.[2] At the end o the saxteent century, Ruiz wrote his history whaur he detailed the early history o San Felipe y Santiago, an Sinaloa.
This wis the base for Diego de Hurdaide's subjugation o the Sinaloas, Tehuecos, Ahomes an Zuaques an the extension o Spainyie control ower the Fuerte River glen, an thus tae the northren edge o modren Sinaloa.[3]
Sinaloa, Sin. serves as the municipal seat for the surroondin municipality (municipio) o Sinaloa. The municipality reportit 85,100 inhabitants in the 2000 census. It is the umwhile caipital o the Paceefic Mexican state o Sinaloa.