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 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, 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 .

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Major communities

  • Los Mochis (Municipal seat)
  • Ahome
  • Higuera de Zaragoza
  • Topolobampo
  • 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 - Jesuit missionaries led by Andrés Pérez de Ribas found Mission Santa María Ahome
  • 1851 - Year of cholera, 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 Topolobampo.
  • 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&nbsp;°C (91.4&nbsp;°F). In the last twenty-eight years, the lowest recorded temperature was 5&nbsp;°C (41&nbsp;°F) and the highest was 43&nbsp;°C (109.4&nbsp;°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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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
  • Municipio de Ahome Official website
  • http://www.sinaloa.gob.mx/conociendo/municipios/ahome.htm

See also