Sonora y Sinaloa

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Sonora y Sinaloa ("Sonora and Sinaloa") was one of the constituent states of the Mexican Republic under its Constitution of 1824. Whereas the federal constitution used the name "Sonora y Sinaloa", the state constitution, adopted on 31 October 1825, used the name Estado de Occidente ("State of the West").

The state capital was located at El Fuerte, Sinaloa. The first governor was the Sonoran Juan Miguel Riesgo.

On 30 September 1830, due to constant internal disputes, the state was divided into two – the states of Sonora and Sinaloa. While the territory of Sinaloa corresponds to that of the modern-day state of the same name, Sonora in the 1820s extended north over much of the territory of the current U.S. state of Arizona: as far as either the Río Gila or the Río Colorado (contradictory maps exist).