Juan José Ríos () is an agricultural city located in Northern

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 ...

, Mexico. It is divided in two municipalities, where its major part is located in Guasave Municipality, and the rest is in Ahome Municipality. It had a population of 27,938 inhabitants (including city's both parts in Guasave and Ahome Municipalities), according to the 2010 census.

History

Ejido Las Vacas was founded on 21 September 1938 by presidential decision, by the then President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río. It had an area of and 179 inhabitants; of which 64 were ''ejidatarios''. Between the years of 1946 and 1951 several

peasant A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three classes of peasan ...

s from

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 ...

, 18 de Marzo and San Miguel Zapotitlán towns, Ahome Municipality; and La Louisiana town, El Fuerte Municipality, requested to the Agricultural Department that they be granted with plots to sow in Ejido Las Vacas. And between the years of 1953 and 1954, Agricultural Department granted all of the 672 people who had requested plots. Several towns in El Fuerte and Choix Municipalities were affected when Miguel Hidalgo Dam construction started. Its construction was divided in two phases: the first one was in the years of 1952 to 1956, and the second one in the years of 1956 to 1964. The affected towns by dam construction in El Fuerte Municipality were: El Máhone, San Felipe, Gipago y Peñasco, Rincón de Sinaloíta and Los Mezcales. The affected towns in Choix Municipality were: El Pajarito, Baca, Caballihuasa, Toro, Picachos and El Sáuz. The towns which were affected, their inhabitants were located in different ''ejidos'', as it was in Ejido Las Vacas and its nearby ''ejidos''. On 21 February 1955, by presidential decision, it was approved an urban area construction in Ejido Las Vacas, for all the affected people by the dam construction. On 28 February 1955, the 637 peasants who were evacuated from the 11 ''ejidos'', which would be flooded by Fort River when the grout curtain of Miguel Hidalgo dam was closed. Affected people were given a 10 ha plot to sow and another plot for living in Ejido Las Vacas. Also, in Ejido Las Vacas were living the original 64 ''ejidatarios'', they lived in Old Las Vacas, as they named the oldest part of Ejido Las Vacas. However, locating the 1375 ''ejidatarios'' with their families, it needed another presidential decision to locate in 500 ha each ''ejidatario'' giving them a 1,600 m² (40 m x 40 m) plot for living, including as well as streets, schools and other

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s, becoming an urban area, which one were named Juan José Ríos, and it became in a ''sindicatura''. It was the Mexico's biggest ejido, it had an area of . Juan José Ríos is named after

General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

Juan José Ríos, a politician and a soldier during the

Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...

. Engineers who planned the urban area construction selected this name. Also this General was the last owner of this land. On 13 July 1989, the then Governor of

Francisco Labastida Ochoa, made public Sinaloa State Congress approved status Juan José Ríos as a city.

Sindicatura

, Sinaloa State Municipal Organic Law, Chap. I., Art. 6 municipalities are divided into smaller entities named ''sindicaturas'' ( Spanish: sindika'tuɾas), and this one is divided into ''comisarías'' ( Spanish: komisa'ɾi.as). A sindicatura male leader is named ''Síndico'' ( Spanish: 'sindiko) or a female leader is named ''Síndica'' ( Spanish: 'sindika). A comisaría male leader is named ''Comisario'' ( Spanish: komi'saɾjo) or a female leader is named ''Comisaria'' ( Spanish: komi'saɾja). Juan José Ríos ''sindicatura'' is located in northwestern Guasave Municipality. The

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of this ''sindicatura'' is the

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ous city. It has an area of 960.24 ha, it is 27.71% of the total area of Guasave Municipality, that is why it is the second largest ''sindicatura'' of Guasave Municipality, the biggest one is Central Sindicatura of Guasave city. Juan José Ríos ''sindicatura'' is divided into Bachoco and Ejido Campo 38 ''comisarías''.

Municipality

Since a long time ago, Juan José Ríos inhabitants have requested many times of the

Government, to create Juan José Ríos Municipality. JJR Municipio

Juan José Ríos Municipality would be formed of: *The present Juan José Ríos ''sindicatura'' * Guasave Municipality localities: **Juan José Ríos **Bachoco **Guayparime **Ejido Héroes Mexicanos **Ejido Treinta y Ocho (Ejido Treinta y Ochito) **Campo Treinta y Ocho **Babujaqui **Poblado El Cerro Cabezón * Ahome Municipality localities: **Juan José Ríos (El Estero) **Bachoco II (El Macochín) **Ejido Cerro Cabezón (El Chorrito) **Lázaro Cárdenas (El Muellecito) **Los Batequis **La Piedrera **El Carricito * El Fuerte Municipality localities: **Ejido Tres Garantías **Agua de las Arenas * Sinaloa Municipality locality: **El Amapal

Administrative divisions

Juan José Ríos Municipality seal would be the

ous city, and it would be organized as: *Central Sindicatura: **Sindicatura seal: Juan José Ríos ***Comisarías: ****Ejido Héroes Mexicanos ****Ejido Treinta y Ocho (Ejido Treinta y Ochito) ****Campo Treinta y Ocho ****Ejido Tres Garantías *Bachoco Sindicatura: **Sindicatura seal: Bachoco ***Comisarías: ****Poblado El Cerro Cabezón ****Bachoco II (El Macochín) ****Ejido Cerro Cabezón (El Chorrito) ****Lázaro Cárdenas (El Muellecito)

Geography

It located in Northern

, in Fort Valley region, 20 km southwards

, 43 km northwards Guasave and 208 km northwards Culiacán, which is

state capital. Its coordinate is 25°45'26

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north and 108°49'18

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west. Its altitude is 12 m above sea level.

Climate

Its

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is generally warm and humid. Its average annual temperature is . Its minimum annual temperature is and its maximum annual temperature is , with May to October the hottest season. The average rain precipitation is 382 millimeters annually, with July to October the rainy season.

Demographics

It had a population of 27,938 inhabitants (including both parts of the city − Guasave and Ahome municipalities); in which 13,761 were males and 14,177 were females, according to the 2010 census.

Education

Universities

* Fort Valley Agriculture Superior School (UAS)

Schools

*Juan José Ríos UAS High School *Cobaes 11 Lic. Alejandro Ríos Espinoza High School *Conalep 117 Juan José Ríos High School

Notable people

* Antonio Osuna, baseball player * Roberto Osuna, baseball player * Pancho Barraza, singer

References

External links

Juan José Ríos GovernmentGuasave MunicipalityAhome MunicipalityFort Valley Agriculture Superior School (UAS)
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