Los Mochis, Sinaloa
| Los Mochis | ||
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 Los Mochis
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| Coordinates: 25°47′0.59″N 108°59′37.47″W / 25.7834972°N 108.9937417°WCoordinates: 25°47′0.59″N 108°59′37.47″W / 25.7834972°N 108.9937417°W | ||
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 Mexico
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| State | Sinaloa | |
| Municipality |
 Ahome
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| Founded in | 1893 | |
| Founded by | Benjamin F. Johnston | |
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| • Mayor | Arturo Duarte García (PRI) | |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 256,613 (124,228 males, 132,385 females) | |
| Time zone | Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6) | |
| Website | Official website | |
Los Mochis (Spanish pronunciation: [loz ˈmotʃis]) is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 256,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population.
Los Mochis is the western terminus of the Chihuahua-Pacific Railroad, or ChePe, which passes through the scenic Copper Canyon. This railway was originally conceived by Albert K. Owen and approved by President Porfirio Díaz as a trade route linking the cattle markets in Kansas City with the nearest port on the Pacific Ocean, Topolobampo.
Today the North Pacific irrigation region (Sinaloa-Sonora) in which the Fort Valley is the largest district and is the principal agricultural area of Sinaloa, containing over 70% of all irrigated land and producing sugar cane, cotton, rice, flowers, and many types of vegetables. The valley is one of the largest producers of mangoes in Mexico. Air transportation is provided by Los Mochis International Airport. Nearby Topolobampo is the second largest natural deepwater port in the world, and is known for its commercial fishing and increasingly important role in shipping.
Los Mochis (from mochim, plural of mochic, Cahitan for "earth turtle" and used to refer to the flowers of Boerhavia coccinea) was founded in 1893 by a group of American utopian socialists who were adherents of Albert Kimsey Owen, an American civil engineer who built the first irrigation ditches in the valley. The colony, organized under the principles of utopian socialism, survived 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 the 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.
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