right|frame|Immaculate Conception Church at the front of Mocorito's main plaza.
Mocorito () (From Cahita, meaning "place where people speak macuri (dialect of Mayo)" or "place of the dead") is the municipality seat of the Municipality of Mocorito in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.
The city reported 5,926 inhabitants in the 2020 census.
Indigenous Groups
At the time of the Spanish contact, the Cáhita group of tribes were living in pueblos and permanent villages along the banks of the Mocorito, Sinaloa, Fuerte, Mayo and Yaqui Rivers in the coastal regions of both southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa. The Cáhitan group is part of the Uto-Aztecan Language Group and is most closely related to the Pima and Cora languages.
Etymology
Professor Héctor R. Olea indicates that Mocorito is a Cáhita term, a variant of "macori-to," composed of macuri, an apocopation of "macorihui," a modification of the term "macoyahuy," referring to a group of Mayo Indians or people who speak a dialect of the Cahita language; additionally, the suffix "to" denotes location, place; the place name means "place of people who speak a dialect of the Cahita language, or where the Mayo Indians or macoritos reside."
Other historians, such as Mr. Eustaquio Buelna, lean towards translating Mocorito as "place of the dead."
Music
The music could not miss as it is one of the deepest traditions. José Rubio Quinonez heir of the Sinaloa music, promoter of the popular bands of Sinaloa. The band "Los Hermanos Rubio Mocorito" has toured the country from Tijuana to Mexico City, playing the merry notes of the drum: sones "The Lost Child", "El Toro Viejo", "Brisas de Mocorito", "The Sinaloa "," El Palo Verde "and many more.
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| Women || 3,043
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| Men || 2,883
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| Ages 0-14 || 1,368
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| Ages 15-29 || 1,354
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| Ages 30-59 || 2,125
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| Ages 60+ || 1,078
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| Disabled population || 340
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|style="background:#EAECF0;"|Total Population ||style="background:#EAECF0;"| 5,926
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! Population !! 2020
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| Roman Catholic || 5,137
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| Protestant || 332
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| No Religion|| 452
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Geography
Flora and fauna
Mocorito contains the three climatic regions found throughout Sinaloa: tropical savannah on the west; mountain in the east and a transition zone in the central area. Three levels of vegetation are featured: conifers, oaks, oaks and pines in the high mountains; amapas, ebony, cedars and junipers in its foothills, and herbs and shrubs in the coastal area where mangroves thrive, guamuchileros, mesquite and wild figs. Most of the farmland is temporary, with crops such as rice, soybean, safflower, corn, cottonseed, sesame, beans, sorghum and cotton in bales, sugarcane, corn; fruits such as cantaloupe, watermelon, avocado, mango, orange and papaya.
The main breeds are cattle, pigs, goats and sheep. Wildlife includes deer, hares, rabbits, armadillos, iguanas, and wild cats.
Climate
Notable people
- Enrique Moreno Pérez (1877–1932), president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
- Héctor Luis Palma Salazar ("El Güero Palma", born 1960) drug trafficker who once worked with Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
- Los Tigres del Norte, regional Mexican music group
- Octavio Paredes López (born 1946), biochemical engineer, president of the Mexican Academy of Sciences in 2004–2005