Ahome Municipality
Municipio de Ahome
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Location of the municipality in Sinaloa
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| 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[1])
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| • Total | 416,299 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/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 stateofSinaloa; 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 25°33′50″N 108°46′00″W / 25.56389°N 108.76667°W / 25.56389; -108.76667.
Ahome Municipality is subdivided in 7 sindicaturas:
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%.
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