Los Mochis

**Los Mochis** () is a coastal ceety in northren Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat o the municipality o Ahome. As o the 2010 census, the population wis 256,613, which wis 61 percent o the municipality's population.

Los Mochis (*Place o Turtles*) is the wastren terminus o the Chihuahua-Paceefic Railroad, or **ChePe**, which passes throu the scenic Copper Canyon. This railwey wis oreeginally conceivit bi Albert K. Owen an appruivit bi Preses Porfirio Díaz as a tred route linkin the cattle mercats in Kansas City wi the nearest port on the Paceefic Ocean, Topolobampo.

The day the North Paceefic irrigation region (Sinaloa-Sonora) in which the Fort Valley is the lairgest destrict an is the principal agricultural aurie o Sinaloa, conteenin ower 70% o aw irrigated land an producin succar cane, cotton, rice, flouers, an mony teeps o vegetables. The valley is ane o the lairgest producers o mangoes in Mexico. Air transportation is providit bi Los Mochis Internaitional Airport.  Nearbi Topolobampo is the seiconi lairgest naitural deepwater port in the warld, kent for its commercial fishin an increasinly important role in shippin.

## History
Los Mochis was founded in 1893 by a group of American utopian socialists who were adherents of Albert Kimsey Owen, an American civil engineer who began the first irrigation ditches in the valley. The colony, organized under the principles of an utopian socialism, surviving for 31 years. Albert K. Owen, the American civil engineer who came to do studies for the construction of a railway, was enchanted by Ohuira Bay, and imagined a  city of the future, where railways and shipping lines converged to ship throughout the entire world. Today, the port city of Topolobampo continues to be developed and may one day reach Owen's dream.

The city itself was founded by a businessman named Benjamin F. Johnston, who came to make a fortune in the cultivation of sugarcane. The founding of the sugar mill produced a population boom in 1903.

Benjamin F. Johnston arrived at Topolobampo attracted by the city project of Owen. Johnston saw an opportunity to exploit resources such as sugarcane and thegither with Edward Lycan, who had been linked to Zacarías Ochoa, owner of a Trapiche (raw sugar mill) named "El Águila", initiated the construction of a sugar mill. Ochoa died suddenly, and Johnston seized the businesses that Lycan an Ochoa fooudied "El Águila Sugar Refining Company" later became "United Sugar Company."

In 1898, Johnston laid the first stane o the succar mill an drove the rapid growthe o the ceety aroond it. The first hairst wis walcomit in the year 1903.

Johnston wis a vera pouerful an influential businessman, sae pouerful that he wis the ane that drew the street plans for Los Mochis, a modren ceety wi wide an straicht streets. Awtho it wis nae till 1903 when it wis recognisit alang wi Topolobampo, as a ceety. On 20 Apryle 1903 a decree is foondit bi the mayor o Los Mochis, durin the state govrenment o Francisco Cañedo. In 1916, establishin the toun o Ahome an syne 1935 the municipal seat o the latter is locatit in the ceety o Los Mochis. It is currently the commercial centre o Valle del Fuerte an its radius o influence extends frae the soothren pairt o the neebourin state o Sonora an tae the municipalities o El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Choix an Guasave in Sinaloa.

The economic development o the ceety began wi the succar industry, but in recent decades, its progress rests on the heich-tech agricultur is practicit throuoot the northwastren region o Mexico.

A group o enthusiastic fowk in la Villa de Ahome, unner the name o "separatist" focht tae creaut a municipality ootside the hegemony o El Fuerte, achievit its objectives till 5 Januar 1917 that the mayor came tae El Fuerte instaw new ceety haw in which he presidit Ramon C. López who haed been appointit bi the state govrenor Francisco Cañedo.

The municipality o Ahome wis creatit bi decree o the Local Legislatur datit 20 Dizember 1917, bein govrenor o the state Gral. Ángel Flores, an wis appointit heid o the municipality o La Villa de Ahome.

In 1918 Florencio A. Valdés, wis the first electit mayor.

The Ceety Cooncil o Ahome precedit bi Modesto G. Castro decidit tae mak the muive tae the toun o Los Mochis, justifeein that this population haed grown sae hintle that awready exceedit several times tae La Villa de Ahome.

The Ceety Cooncil o Ahome, in a decision datit 1 Apryle 1935, alloued the chynge tae the heider, an the State Legislatur passed it throu anither decree issued on 10 Mey next, which wis published in the Offeecial Jurnal o State the 30t day o the month.

The transfer teuk place athoot major problems richt awa an offices wur instawed in the hoose awned bi Don Fco. Beltran, locatit at the corner o Hidalgo an Zaragoza next tae the local occupee'd bi the umwhile Sindicatura.

The auld toun o Ahome, tae remain laggard in the process o the region, haed been relegatit tae seicont place an aw. Syne then the ceety o Los Mochis, as the toun o Ahome whole hae haed major chynges baith economic an social policy hae remained constant progress tae the municipality.

## Climate
Climate in Los Mochis is semi-arid wet an dry (*[[Köppen climate clessification|BSh]]*), borderin on arid (*BWh*). Summers are extremely het, reachin  an owernicht laws o  wi very heich humidity makkin the nicht extremely het an heat indices mey reach  in the day. Winters are vera wairm, reachin  in the day, even tho the lawest temperatur recordit wis  durin Januar 1971. Rainfaw concentrates in the simmer: it is common tae see thunnerstorms an even occasionally hurricanes in August an September, but winters are dry wi amaist nae rainfaw, tho on 29 Dizember 1978  fell. The heichest daily rainfaw, housomeivver, wis frae a hurricane on 8 October 1985 an totalled .

## Sports
Los Mochis is kent for its sports cultur an lairge, heich-quality sportin facilities (Ciudades Deportivas) intendit tae promote pairticipation in sports. It haes twa lairge sportin facilities that hae runnin tracks, puils, tennis courts, basebaw fields an a fitbaa stadium wi a capacity o 11,000.

The ceety is hame tae the Mexican Pacific League's Cañeros de Los Mochis basebaw club. The ceety's fitbaa team is cried the Dorados de Los Mochis, an its basketbaw team is kent as the Pioneros.

### Profeesional boxin
Wi mony Warld Champions an undefeatit boxers, Los Mochis is considered ane o Mexican boxin's best ceeties for the sport.

## Transport

### Passenger Trains
The interstate rail conglomerate Ferromex, or Ferrocarril de Mexicano, haes scheduled service tae Chihuahua, Chihuahua in north-central Mexico, an the aforementioned Copper Canyon route.

Historically, the ceety wis on the main north-sooth route frae Nogales tae Mexico Ceety. This service endit in the early 2000s.

## Sister ceeties
*  Bellflower, Californie, Unitit States
*  Santa Rosa, Californie, Unitit States
*  Ontario, Californie, Unitit States

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Gobierno municipal de Ahome