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Los Mochis
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Los Mochis (Spaingie pronunciation: [los ˈmotʃis]) 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 | |
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Municipal seat | |
Coordinates: 25°47′0.59″N 108°59′37.47″W | |
Kintra | ![]() |
State | Sinaloa |
Municipality | Ahome |
Foondit in | 1893 |
Foondit bi | Benjamin F. Johnston |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Arturo Duarte García ![]() |
Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 256,613 (124,228 males 132,385 females) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (Mountain Daylight Time) |
Los Mochis (Place o Turtles[1]) 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.