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 .
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 °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
See also