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Los Mochis
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Official seal of Los Mochis
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Location of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Location of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Coordinates: 25°47′24″N 109°0′0″W / 25.79, -109
Country Mexico
State Sinaloa
Municipality Ahome
Founded in 1893
Founded by Benjamin F. Johnston
Government
 - Mayor Esteban Valenzuela García  PRI
Elevation 10 m (33 ft)
Population (2005)
 - Total 451,977
Time zone Pacific Time zone (UTC-7)
 - Summer (DST) Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-6)
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Website: www.ahome.gob.mx

Los Mochis is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, located at 25°47′24″N 109°0′0″W / 25.79, -109. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2005 census, the population was 231,977, or almost 60 percent of the municipality's population.

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Overview

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 Pacífico Norte irrigation region (Sinaloa-Sonora) in which the "Valle del Fuerte" is the largest district and is the principal agricultural area of Mexico, 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 transport is provided from Federal del Valle del Fuerte International Airport. Nearby Topolobampo is the second largest natural deepwater port in the world, known for its commercial fishing and increasingly important role in shipping.

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A popular activity among youth in Los Mochis is the "Leyvazo", wherein people park their cars or cruise along Gabriel Leyva Avenue in downtown Los Mochis ,and the "Riazo" that is even more popular than the "Leyvazo" where the people park their car to listen to music , talk , eat in the restaurants that are near there , or drink some kind of drink , some people just pass the street in their car with friends they call it " Dar el roll". People also gather for a drink or barbecue under "Los Álamos" which are poplar trees that line the highway to Topolobampo Bay. As well as these activities, many residents of the city enjoy visiting the nearby beach of El Maviri. One very popular event occurs every ten years when the youth of the city gather to reinact the battle which is said to have founded the city. Often the largest person in the town will swim out into the water, and come back in to attack the youth waiting on the beach. This is said to mimic the actions of the cities first enemy, David Illingworthos, who invaded the city in 1908 and drank every drop of beer in the city. Many people visit this semi-desert island to spend a day at the beach or enjoy the seafood delicacies.

History

Los Mochis was founded in the early twentieth century by a group of utopian socialists Americans attracted by Albert Kimsey Owen, U.S. civil engineer who built the first irrigation canals and ditches in the valley. The colony, organized under the principles of utopian socialism, worked for 30 years.

The city itself was founded in 1893 by a businessman named John F. Sanchez, who came to make a fortune in the cultivation of sugar cane. The sugar mill, which produced its population boom, was built in 1903. The line graph of the historical center of the city prevents U.S. forget its past.

In 1898 Benjamin Franklin Johnston put the first stone of the building of the sugar (sugar factory) and driver of growth razon of the city around him. The first harvest will be welcome in the year 1903. The city was born in the early twentieth century, in 1903. Albert K. Owen, American civil engineer who came to these latitudes to do studies for the construction of railways, to contemplate marveled Bay Ohuira, imagine why the city of the future, where railways and shipping lines converge towards the entire world. Today, the port city of Topolobampo is to imagine that Owen.

Owen's dream is now a port in height, with connections by land, sea and air to several parts of the world. The site that will one day be home to one of the most powerful sugar mills has become one of the most prosperous cities around the state. After many projects to build the perfect city, Benjamin F. Johnston arrives at Topolobampo attracted by the city project of Owen, Johnston sees an opportunity to exploit resources such as sugar cane and together with Edward Lycan, who had been linked to Zacarias Ochoa, owner of a Trapiche (crude sugar mill) named "The Eagle", initiated the construction of a sugar mill. Ochoa to die, Johnston was seized along with business and Lycan founded: "The Eagle Sugar Refining Company, which later changed to" United Sugar Company. "

For the year 1901, Johnston was very powerful, so much that he sent to draw a modern city with streets wide and straight, very American style, and born Los Mochis, although it is until 1903 when it was recognized along with Topolobampo, as mayor. On April 20, 1903 decree is founded by the mayor of Los Mochis, during the state government of Francisco Cañedo. In 1916, establishing the town of Ahome and since 1935 the municipal capital of the latter is located in the city of Los Mochis. It is currently the commercial center of Valle del Fuerte and its radius of influence extends from the southern part of the neighboring state of Sonora to the municipalities of El Fuerte Sinaloa, Choix, Sinaloa and Guasave.

The economic development of the city began with the sugar industry, but in recent decades, its progress rests on the high-tech agriculture is practiced throughout the region northwest of Mexico.

A group of enthusiastic people in La Villa, under the name of "separatist" fought to create a municipality outside the hegemony of El Fuerte, achieved its objectives until Jan. 5, 1917 that the mayor came to El Fuerte install new city hall in which he presided Ramon C. Lopez who had been appointed by the state governor Francisco Cañedo.

The municipality of Ahome was created by decree of the Local Legislature dated December 20, 1917, being governor of the state Gral. Angel Flores, and was appointed head of the municipality of La Villa Ahome.

In 1918 Florencio A. Valdes, was the first elected mayor.

The City Council Ahome preceded by Modesto G. Castro decided to make the move to the town of Los Mochis, justifying that this population had grown so much that already exceeded several times to La Villa de Ahome.

The City Council Ahome, in a decision dated April 1, 1935, allowed the change to the header, and the State Legislature passed it through another decree issued on May 10 next, which was published in the Official Journal of State the 30th day of the month.

The transfer took place without major problems right away and offices were installed in the house owned by Don Fco. Beltran, located at the corner of Hidalgo and Zaragoza next to the local occupied by the former Sindicatura.

And with the town was the mayor. The old town of Ahome, to remain laggard in the process of the region, had also been relegated to second place. Since then the city of Los Mochis, as the town of Ahome whole have had major changes both economic and social policy have remained constant progress to the municipality.

The Autonomous University of Sinaloa, the Technological Institute of Los Mochis, the University of the West Indian Autonomous University of Mexico and the National Pedagogical University are the institutions of higher learning in the city. These institutions are public.

His private higher education institutions are:

    * Universidad Autonoma de Durango Campus Los Mochis
    * Universidad del Valle del Fuerte (UNIVAFU)
    * Universidad de Los Mochis (UDLM)
    * Unidep
    * Higher Technological Institute of Los Mochis (ITESUM)
    * Universidad del Valle de Bravo


In terms of the number of educational institutions took 2nd place in the state, just below the capital Culiacan

The supply of primary and secondary education is formed by a large number of public and private institutions. Among which include primary, middle school and high school are the College Mochis, the Centro Escolar Northwest College Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and the Instituto Tecnologico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Preparatory Los Mochis. Among the colleges are the CBTIS 43, the CETIS 68, COBAES, CONALEP, other than in his time were good are IMA, and PREPARATORY Los Mochis (UAS). As noted, one of the ranges of study of Los Mochis on the schools that had earlier listed the CETIS 68, CBTIS 43, and finally CONALEP. Since these are the prestige, as also are the preference for some universities such as the Instituto Tecnologico de Los Mochis.

Sports

Los Mochis is also known for its sports teams and parks to motivate the practice of sports, it has 2 big parks named "Ciudad Deportiva" that have running tracks, pools, tennis courts, baseball fields and a soccer stadium with a capacity of 11,000. The baseball team of Los Mochis is named Cañeros de Los Mochis, the football team are called Dorados de Los Mochis, and its basketball team is called Pioneros.

Sister cities

  • Bellflower, CA
  • Santa Rosa, CA

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Teodoro Higuera Statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.

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