Topolobampo


Topolobampo is a port town on the Gulf of California, located in the municipality of Ahome in northwest Sinaloa, Mexico. It is the fifth-largest town in Ahome, reporting a 2020 census population of 6,198.
The port connects the region to the rest of northern Mexico via the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico, which has a terminus in the nearby city of Los Mochis. Topolobampo also houses a terminal for ferry lines connecting the port to La Paz, Baja California Sur.
The town is the beginning of the Mexico–U.S. trade corridor La Entrada al Pacífico, which connects the port to Midland–Odessa, Texas.

Topolobampo utopian colony

Topolobampo was the site of a radical "utopian" colony inspired by Henry George's economic ideas. Albert Kimsey Owen was its founder and leader; Marie Howland and John W. Lovell were prominent backers.
That utopian group published a newsletter in English, The Credit Foncier of Sinaloa in Topolobampo. The masthead says "Collective ownership and management for public utilities and conveniences - the community responsible for the health, usefulness, individuality and security of each. - Albert K. Owen." Two pages of one edition, has been preserved at Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio, pasted into a Wallace Cathcart scrapbook on Shakers. Those two pages include an article on the Tyringham, Massachusetts Shakers and correspondence from several prospective members. Evidently the fledgling group hoped to use the reminiscences of Julia Johnson, a former Shaker, to market the concept of a communal society to prospective members.

Geography

Climate

Topolobampo has a tropical arid desert climate.


The sea experiences lows of 19 - 20 °C during the winter months, and highs of 29 - 31 °C during the summer months.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20 °C
68 °F		19 °C
66 °F		20 °C
68 °F		22 °C
72 °F		25 °C
77 °F		27 °C
81 °F		29 °C
85 °F		31 °C
88 °F		31 °C
88 °F		29 °C
84 °F		25 °C
77 °F		21 °C
70 °F