Mocorito, Sinaloa

Mocorito
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): La Atenas Sinaloense
Location of Mocorito in northwest Mexico
Coordinates: 24°58′41″N 107°31′25″W / 24.97806°N 107.52361°W / 24.97806; -107.52361Coordinates: 24°58′41″N 107°31′25″W / 24.97806°N 107.52361°W / 24.97806; -107.52361
Country	Mexico
State	Sinaloa
Founded	1594
Government
• Mayor	F. Javier López Cervantes  PRI
Population (2005)
• Total	50,082
Time zone	Tiempo de la Montaña (UTC-7)
Website	Government of Mocorito

Immaculate Conception Church at the front of Mocorito's main plaza.

Mocorito (meaning "place of the dead") is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It stands at 24°58′41″N 107°31′25″W / 24.97806°N 107.52361°W / 24.97806; -107.52361.

The municipality reported 50,082 inhabitants in the 2000 census.

People from Mocorito

• Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo

Esmeralda Gonzalez

External links

• http://www.mocorito.com/ (in Spanish)
• http://www.sinaloa.gob.mx/conociendo/municipios/mocorito.htm (in Spanish)

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