Mazatlán is a Nahuatl wird meanin "place o deer".[1] The ceety wis foondit in 1531 bi an airmy o Spaniards an Indie settlers.[2] By the mid-19t century a lairge group o immigrants haed arrivit frae Germany. These new ceetizens developit Mazatlán intae a thrivin commercial seaport, importin equipment for the nearbi gowd an siller mines. It servit as the caipital o Sinaloa frae 1859 tae 1873. The German settlers influencit the local muisic an aw, banda, which is an alteration o Bavarie fowk muisic. The settlers established the Pacifico Brewery on 14 Mairch 1900 an aw.
Wi a population o 438,434 (ceety) an 489,987 (municipality) as o the 2010 census, Mazatlán is the seicont-lairgest ceety in the state. It is a popular tourist destination an aw, wi its beaches lined wi resort hotels. A caur ferry plees its trade athort the Guwf o Californie frae Mazatlán tae La Paz, Baja California Sur. Mazatlán is servit bi Gral. Rafael Buelna Internaitional Airport.
listen)) is a ceety in the Mexican state o Sinaloa. The ceety serves as the municipal seat for the surroondin municipio, known as the Mazatlán Municipality.
