Topolobampo is a port

Port

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 on the Gulf of California

Gulf of California

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 in northwestern Sinaloa

Sinaloa

Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....

, Mexico

Mexico

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. It is the fourth-largest town in the municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...

 of Ahome

Ahome

Ahome is a municipality on the coast of the Sea of Cortez in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Sinaloa; it is adjacent to Higuera de Zaragoza, Sinaloa, and the southern border of Sonora state. It reported 388,344 inhabitants in the 2005 census. Ahome is also the name of the...

 (after Los Mochis

Los Mochis

Los Mochis 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....

, Ahome, and Higuera de Zaragoza

Higuera de Zaragoza

Higuera de Zaragoza is a city in the municipality of Ahome in the northwestern part of the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. It lies at latitude 25° 59' N, longitude 109° 20' W at an elevation of 9 meters above sea level. It is located on the Gulf of California between Agiabampo and Topolobampo, near...

), reporting a 2005 census population of 6,032 inhabitants.

The port connects the northern Mexican states through the Chihuahua-Pacific Railroad

Chihuahua al Pacífico

The Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico , also known as El Chepe from its reporting mark CHP, or Ferrocarril Chihuahua-Pacífico is a major rail line in northwest Mexico, linking the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, to the city of Los Mochis, Sinaloa and its port Topolobampo...

, which has a terminus in nearby Los Mochis

Los Mochis

Los Mochis 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....

. It is the eastern port for the daily car ferry

Ferry

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 connecting to La Paz

La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Paz is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2010 census population of 215,178 persons, but its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of surrounding towns like el Centenario, el Zacatal and San Pedro...

 in Baja California Sur

Baja California Sur

Baja California Sur , is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state on October 8, 1974, the area was known as the South Territory of Baja California. It has an area of , or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises...

.

Topolobampo is also the beginning of the international trade corridor, "La Entrada al Pacifico

La Entrada al Pacífico

The La Entrada al Pacífico trade corridor was designated as "Trade Corridor 56" by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. The corridor is an international project between Mexico and the United States as a route from the Pacific Ocean port of Topolobampo in the Mexican state of...

", that ends near the Midland-Odessa

Midland–Odessa metropolitan area

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, Texas

Texas

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 area.

Topolobampo was the site of a Radical

Radicalism (historical)

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 "utopian" colony from roughly 1884 to 1894, that had an influence on the urban planning ideas of Ebenezer Howard

Ebenezer Howard

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.

External links

• Administración Portuaria Integral de Topolobampo
• Terminal Transoceánica de Topolobampo
• Municipio de Ahome Official website of Municipality of Ahome