Tijuana Municipality | |||
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Municipio de Tijuana Municipality of Tijuana |
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Motto: The Homeland Starts Here | |||
Location of Tijuana in Baja California. | |||
Coordinates: | |||
Country | Mexico | ||
State | Baja California | ||
Municipal seat | Tijuana | ||
Largest city | Tijuana | ||
Municipality established | December 29, 1953[1] | ||
Government | |||
• Municipal president | Carlos Bustamante Anchondo (PRI) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 879.2 km2 (339.5 sq mi) | ||
Population (2010) | |||
• Total | 1,559,683 | ||
• Density | 1,774/km2 (4,594.6/sq mi) | ||
Data source: INEGI | |||
Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | ||
• Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | ||
INEGI code | 004 | ||
Website | (Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Tijuana | ||
Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |
Tijuana Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its municipal seat is located in the city of Tijuana. According to the 2010 census, the municipality had a population of 1,559,683 inhabitants, of whom 1,300,983, or 83.4%, lived in the city of Tijuana. Carlos Bustamante Anchondo of the PRI is the current municipal president.
Tijuana is bordered to the south by the municipalities of Rosarito Beach and Ensenada; to the east, by the municipality of Tecate; to the west, by the Pacific Ocean; and to the north, by the international border with the United States, specifically the County of San Diego, California. The area of the municipality of Tijuana is 879.2 km² (339.46 sq mi); the municipality includes part of the Coronado Islands, located off the coast of the municipality in the Pacific Ocean.
The city of Tijuana's precise location is . It lies just south of San Diego, California. The adjacent city and former borough of Tijuana is Rosarito Beach.
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The municipality of Tijuana is divided into nine administrative boroughs. The Tijuana metropolitan area occupies all of borough seats. The 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 largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[3]
Name | 2010 Census Population |
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Tijuana | 1,300,983 |
El Refugio | 36,400 |
Pórticos de San Antonio | 34,232 |
La Joya | 26,860 |
Terrazas del Valle | 20,421 |
Villa del Prado Segunda Sección | 18,226 |
Las Delicias | 15,486 |
Villa del Campo | 13,906 |
Villa del Prado | 12,303 |
El Niño | 8,999 |
San Luis | 8,571 |
Maclovio Rojas | 7,279 |
Quinta del Cedro | 5,704 |
Parajes del Valle | 3,595 |
Lomas del Valle | 3,352 |
Los Valles | 3,135 |
Total Municipality | 1,559,683 |
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