Ahome, Sinaloa, Mexico

🇲🇽 Ahome is a municipality on the coast of the Gulf of California in the north-western part of the Mexican state of Sinaloa; it is adjacent to the southern border of Sonora state. Ahome 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 north-west 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 25°33′50″N 108°46′00″W.

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.