Ensenada (municipality)

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The municipio ("municipality") of Ensenada, with a land area of 51,952.26 km² (20,058.88 sq mi), is the largest in the state of Baja California and the largest in Mexico by area, and comparable in size to San Bernardino County, California, the largest county in the United States outside Alaska. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Sea of Cortez on the east and on the North by all of the other municipios in the state. (It covers all towns outside of Tijuana and Mexicali areas). Its cabecera (municipal seat) is Ensenada. Its current (as of 2005) head of government (presidente municipal) is César Mancillas Amador of the PAN. A major port is planned to be built in Punta Colonet, a largely uninhabited area 80 km (50 miles) south of the city of Ensenada. Offshore Guadalupe Island is part of the municipality.

In 2000 the municipality had a population of 370,730 inhabitants. The 2005 census recorded 413,481 inhabitants.

Contents 1 Subdivisions 2 Major communities 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Subdivisions

Ensenada municipality is administratively subdivided into 24 delegaciones:

1. La Misión
2. El Porvenir
3. Francisco Zarco (Guadalupe)
4. Real del Castillo
5. El Sauzal
6. Ensenada, cabecera municipal (municipal seat)
7. San Antonio de las Minas
8. Chapultepec
9. Maneadero (with subdelegación Esteban Cantú)
10. Santo Tomás
11. Eréndira
12. San Vicente
13. Valle de la Trinidad
14. Punta Colonet
15. Camalú
16. Vicente Guerrero
17. San Quintín
18. El Rosario
19. Puertecitos
20. El Marmol
21. Punta Prieta
22. Bahía de los Angeles
23. Calmallí (Villa Jesús María)
24. Isla de Cedros

[edit] Major communities

• Camalú
• El Zorrillo
• El Sauzal
• Ensenada
• Lázaro Cárdenas
• Maneadero
• San Quintín
• Vicente Guerrero

[edit] See also

• Municipalities of Baja California

[edit] References

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

• Los Municipios con Mayor y Menor Extensión Territorial Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal

[edit] External links

• Ayuntamiento de Ensenada Official website
• Information on Punta Colonet
• Subdivisions (delegaciones)