Ahome
Ahome Municipality
Municipio de Ahome | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of the municipality in Sinaloa | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Sinaloa |
| Seat | Los Mochis |
| No. of Sindicaturas | 7 |
| Foundation | 1917 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Manuel Guillermo Moreno |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,342.89 km2 (1,676.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 416,299 |
| • Density | 95.8576/km2 (248.270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time) |
| Website | Ahome government page |
Ahome (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈome]) 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 .