Ahome

Ahome Municipality Municipio de Ahome
Municipality
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[1])
• 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 state of 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 25°33′50″N 108°46′00″W / 25.56389°N 108.76667°W / 25.56389; -108.76667.