Ahome is a municipality on the coast of the Gulf of California in the northwestern part of the Mexicanstate of Sinaloa; it is adjacent to the southern border of Sonora state. It reported 388,344 inhabitants in the 2005 census. Ahome is also the name of the second-largest community in the municipality. The municipal seat is the port city ofLos Mochis, its largest community. It is the third most important municipality in the state of Sinaloa, and 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
Los Mochis
Ahome
Higuera de Zaragoza
Topolobampo
San Miguel Zapotitlán
Political subdivision
Ahome Municipality is subdivided in 7 sindicaturas:
1904 - Creation of the town of Ahome la Junta Separatista, which seeks separation from the municipality of El Fuerte and the creation of Ahome.
1914 - Felipe Bachomo takes la Villa de 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
1847 - 1916: Albert K. Owen - Born in Chester, Pennsylvania; civil engineer who came to the region to construct the Norfolk-Topolobampo Railroad, where he formed a settlement and dreamed of constructing a utopian city.
1865 - 1937: Benjamin F. Johnston - Born in Sharon, PA; one of the founders of the municipal lands and one of the principal industrialists who founded the Aguila Refining Company. From a small settlement of tenant farmers, he erected the city of Los Mochis, which in 1903 began to develop into a North American city in terms of urbanity.
1874 - 1948: Candelario Ochoa - Great professor who was none other than the town's first teacher, as well as founder and director of various schools.
1883 - 1916: Felipe Bachomo - Born in Jahuara, an indigenous leader native to the valley that fought to the death against the "yoris" who were seeking to take possession of the land belonging to the "indios" of the region.
1887 - 1953: Marcario Gaxiola Urias - Born in Bacamacari; great soldier who fought against the troops of Victoriano Huerta as commander of Maderista forces; he took the plaza of Los Mochis on April 5, 1913.
1894 - 1951: Zacarías Ochoa - Great landowner and Porfirista displaced by Benjamin F. Johnson's sugar refinery.
1896 - 1977: Conrado Espinoza - In 1934 opened the first secondary schoolfrom the north of Sinaloa and the south of Sonora where 50% of the student body was made up of peasants; from this first school arose the present-day Centro Escolar del Noroeste, a prestigious school today. He also donated facilities to the present-day Casa de la Cultura which bears his name in the city of Los Mochis.
1909 - 1975: Canuto Ibarra Guerrero - Prominent businessman who founded an unprecedented conglomerate of businesses that ranged from commerce, agriculture, real estate, and services. Was later involved in politics and became mayor of Los Mochis, and died prematurely in Culiacan, Sinaloa.
1913 - 1990: Alfonso Calderón Velarde - Founder, in 1934, of la Unión de Obreros y Campesinos del Norte de Sinaloa ; municipal president and state governor; fought for the establishment of eight-hour workdays and for the signing of a collective agreement between United Sugar and its employees.
Climate
The climate is mildly hot and humid, hardly modified by rainfall. Studies have established the average annual temperature to be 33°C. In the last twenty-eight years, the lowest recorded temperature was 5°C and the highest was 43°C, 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 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. Relative humidity averages between 65 and 75%.
