The highlighted green area is Sinaloa state.

Although this state is located in the northeast of Mexico, culturally speaking, it has more in common with the west. It is surrounded by Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango and Nayarit, and has a beautiful, broad Pacific shoreline as well as a coastline along the Sea of Cortés. In ancient times, it was occupied by groups of hunter-gatherers that supplemented their diet with seafood. The Conquest required several expeditions and it was not until the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries that the region was pacified. Mining spurred the development of the Spanish settlements that in turn led to the emergence of baroque religious art, evident in the churches of Copala, Rosario and Concordia.

The enormous biodiversity of the Sierra Madre Occidental accounts for the state’s spectacular landscape with majestic mountains and pine forests and intricate gullies that feed eleven rivers.

Nowadays, Sinaloa is one of the country’s main agricultural producers as well as offering a variety of historical, cultural, natural and recreational attractions. It also boasts beautiful cities such as Mazatlán, Culiacán, Guasave, Cosalá and Mocorito.