Topolobampo () is a

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on the

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in northwestern

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. It is the fourth-largest town in the

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of Ahome (after

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, Ahome, and Higuera de Zaragoza), reporting a 2010 census population of 6,361 inhabitants. The port connects the northern Mexican states through the Chihuahua-Pacific Railroad, which has a terminus in nearby

. It is the eastern port for the daily car ferry connecting to

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. Topolobampo is also the beginning of the international trade corridor, "

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", that ends near the Midland-Odessa,

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area.

History

Topolobampo was the site of a

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"utopian" colony inspired by

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's economic ideas. The experiment had an influence on the urban planning ideas of

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. That utopian group published a newsletter in English, ''The Credit Foncier of Sinaloa'' in Topolobampo. The masthead says "Collective ownership and management for public utilities and conveniences - the community responsible for the health, usefulness, individuality and security of each. - Albert K. Owen." Two pages of one edition (vol. 4, no. 24, September 1, 1889, whole no. 161), has been preserved at Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio, pasted into a Wallace Cathcart scrapbook on Shakers. Those two pages include an article on the Tyringham, Massachusetts

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and correspondence from several prospective members. Evidently the fledgling group hoped to use the reminiscences of Julia Johnson, a former Shaker, to market the concept of a

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to prospective members.

Climate

Topolobampo has a tropical arid desert climate.

The sea experiences lows of 19 - 20 °C during the winter months, and highs of 29 - 31 °C during the summer months.

References

External links

Administración Portuaria Integral de Topolobampo

Terminal Transoceánica de Topolobampo

Municipio de Ahome
Official website of Municipality of Ahome

MSS 106
Special Collections & Archives
UC San Diego Library. {{Authority control Georgist communities Populated places in Sinaloa Port cities and towns on the Mexican Pacific coast

History

Climate

See also

References

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