| Mexicali Municipality Municipio de Mexicali |
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| Motto: Tierra Cálida (English: Warm Land) |
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| Location of Mexicali in Baja California. | |||
| Country | Mexico | ||
| State | Baja California | ||
| Municipal seat | Mexicali | ||
| Largest city | Mexicali | ||
| Municipality established | December 29, 1953[1] | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal president | Rodolfo Váldez (PAN) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 13,700 km2 (5,289.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 956,826 | ||
| • Density | 69.8/km2 (180.9/sq mi) | ||
| Data source: INEGI | |||
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | ||
| INEGI code | 002 | ||
| Website | (Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Mexicali | ||
| Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México | |||
Mexicali Municipality is a municipality (Spanish: municipio) in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its municipal seat (Spanish: cabecera municipal) is located in the city of Mexicali. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 956,826 inhabitants, and according to the 2000 census, it had 764,602 inhabitants, which means an increase of 22.5%. The municipality has an area of 13,700 km² (5,300 sq mi.) This includes many smaller outlying communities as well as the city of Mexicali. Also, the islands of Baja California located in the Gulf of California are part of the municipality, among them the mudflat islands at the mouth of the Colorado River (the largest one being Montague Island), Isla Ángel de la Guarda and the islands of the San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park. Mexicali is the northernmost municipality of Latin America.
The city of Mexicali was founded in 1903, and its name is a portmanteau of Mexico and California, as is the name of Calexico, California across the border. This is an unusual pair of border cities in that Mexicali, on the Mexican side, is far larger than Calexico, on the U.S. side.
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The municipality of Mexicali, is divided into 14 administrative boroughs (Spanish: delegaciones) of which the city of Mexicali occupies 3 beside the city proper area; all boroughs are in turn divided into colonias or ejidos. These boroughs offer administrative services such as urban planning, civil registry, inspection, verification, public works and community development and are served by a delegado.
The boroughs of Mexicali Municipality city are:
The former borough (delegación) of Compuertas is located in the eastern part of the city of Mexicali.
The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[2]
| Name | 2010 Census Population |
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| Mexicali | 689,775 |
| Santa Isabel | 29,311 |
| Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria (Kilómetro Cuarenta y Tres) | 17,119 |
| San Felipe | 16,702 |
| Puebla | 15,168 |
| Progreso | 12,557 |
| Ciudad Morelos (Cuervos) | 8,243 |
| Colonia Venustiano Carranza (La Carranza) | 6,098 |
| Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete) | 5,617 |
| Vicente Guerrero (Los Algodones) | 5,474 |
| Delta (Estación Delta) | 5,180 |
| Ejido Hermosillo | 5,101 |
| Benito Juárez (Ejido Tecolotes) | 4,167 |
| Nuevo León | 3,655 |
| Poblado Paredones | 3,332 |
| Michoacán de Ocampo | 3,086 |
| Ejido Hechicera | 2,517 |
| Viñas del Sol | 2,509 |
| Ejido Sinaloa (Estación Kasey) | 2,505 |
| Ejido Lázaro Cárdenas (La Mosca) | 2,463 |
| Poblado Lázaro Cárdenas (La Veintiocho) | 2,388 |
| Ejido Quintana Roo | 2,311 |
| Total Municipality | 936,826 |
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