Empalme is a city surrounded by the homonymous municipality located on the south-central coast of the Mexican state of Sonora.
The purpose of the settlement was to provide repair facilities for SP operations in Mexico, with a large shop and roundhouse.
One native feature that the developers used was the planting of hundreds of Ficus microcarpa known locally as the Yucateco brought from southern Mexico.
Pollution and the heating of the ocean water due to the thermal electric plant of Batuecas have reduced the local catches in recent years.
[2] The Conurbation Zoning Plan for Guaymas & Empalme has included a Maritime Port & Industrial zone on the county coastline that will help to grow import & export cargos from local producers in Sonora, as well as a deep sea port for the Southwestern United States for energy products.
The company Omanor S. A. is developing a $200 million US Dollar Hydrocarbon Fluids Marine Terminal to receive oil products for regional distribution.