Ahome () is a

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on the coast of the

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in the northwestern part of the

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Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in northwest Mexic ...

, being the westernmost municipality in Sinaloa; it is adjacent to the southern border of

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state. It reported 388,344 inhabitants in the 2005 census. Ahome (population 10,840) is also the name of the second-largest community in the municipality. The municipal seat is the port city of

Los Mochis Los Mochis () is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 362,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population. Los Mochis is th ...

, its largest community. It is a commercial corridor to the northwest of the country. It is situated on the Pacific coastal plain, at the entrance of the Gulf of California and lies in the heart of a rich agricultural region, ''Fort Valley''. It stands at .

Major communities

(Municipal seat) *

Ahome Ahome () is a municipality on the coast of the Gulf of California in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, being the westernmost municipality in Sinaloa; it is adjacent to the southern border of Sonora state. It reported 388,344 ...

Higuera de Zaragoza Higuera de Zaragoza () is a city in the municipality of Ahome in the northwestern part of the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. It lies at latitude 25° 59' N, longitude 109° 20' W at an elevation of 9 meters above sea level. It is located on the Gulf of ...

Topolobampo Topolobampo () is a port on the Gulf of California in northwestern Sinaloa, Mexico. It is the fourth-largest town in the municipality of Ahome (after Los Mochis, Ahome, and Higuera de Zaragoza), reporting a 2010 census population of 6,361 inhab ...

* San Miguel Zapotitlán

Political subdivision

Ahome Municipality is subdivided in 7 ''sindicaturas'': *Central-Mochis *Topolobampo *Ahome *Higuera de Zaragoza *El Guayabo *San Miguel *El Carrizo

History

* 1605 -

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missionaries led by

Andrés Pérez de Ribas Andrés Pérez De Ribas (born at Cordova, Spain, 1576; died in Mexico, 26 March 1655) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary, and historian of north-western Mexico. Life He joined the Society of Jesus in 1602, coming at once to America, and finishing ...

found Mission Santa María Ahome * 1851 - Year of

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, when the disease claims numerous lives in the region. * 1880 - Installation of a sugar refinery, a fundamental pillar of the future city. * 1901 - Opening of the Kansas City Mexico & Oriente Railway company in

. * 1903 - Foundation of Los Mochis. * 1904 - Creation of the town of Ahome la Junta Separatista (Separatist Committee), which seeks separation from the municipality of El Fuerte (the Fort) and the creation of Ahome. * 1914 - Felipe Bachomo takes la Villa de Ahome (Village of Ahome) by violent force. * 1917 - La Villa de Ahome is designated municipal seat of the new municipality. * 1935 - The city council changes the municipal seat to Los Mochis.

Municipal presidents

*1948 - 1950: Francisco Ceballos - One of the best municipal presidents due to his contributions to the municipality, including the highway between Los Mochis and Ahome and between Los Mochis and Topolobampo *1951 - 1953: Samuel C. Castro *1954 - 1956: Armando Guerrero *1947 - 1959: Miguel León López *1960 - 1962: Antonio López Bojórquez *1963 - 1965: Alfonso Calderón Velarde *1966 - 1968: Canuto Ibarra Guerrero *1969 - 1971: Ernesto Ortegón *1972 - 1974: Nicanor Villareal *1975 - 1977: Oscar Monzón *1978 - 1980: Oscar Aguilar Pereira *1981 - 1983: Jaime Ibarra *1984 - 1986: Felipe Moreno Rosales *1987 - 1989: Ernesto Álvarez Nolasco *1990 - 1992: Ramón Ignacio Rodrigo Castro *1993 - 1995: Federico Careaga *1996 - 1998: Francisco López Brito *1999 - 2001: Esteban Valenzuela García *2002 - 2004: Mario López Valdez *2005 - 2007: Policarpo Infante Fierro *2008 - 2010: Esteban Valenzuela García

Geography

Climate

The climate is mildly hot and humid, hardly modified by rainfall. Studies have established the average annual temperature to be 33 °C (91.4 °F). In the last twenty-eight years, the lowest recorded temperature was 5 °C (41 °F) and the highest was 43 °C (109.4 °F), the hottest months being from July to October and the coolest from November to February. In the period of reference, rainfall averaged 302.2 mm (11.9 inches) annually, with the rainiest months being from July to October. The prevailing winds in the region are oriented in a southwesterly direction with an approximate speed of one meter per second (2.23 mph). Relative humidity averages between 65 and 75%.

References

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Sinaloa
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

Municipio de Ahome
Official website *http://www.sinaloa.gob.mx/conociendo/municipios/ahome.htm