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Tijuana Municipality

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Tijuana Municipality
Municipio de Tijuana
Municipality o Tijuana
Coat of airms o Tijuana Municipality
Coat airms
Motto(s): 
The Hameland Stairts Here
Location o Tijuana in Baja California.
Location o Tijuana in Baja California.
Coordinates: 32°32′N 117°3′W / 32.533°N 117.050°W / 32.533; -117.050
KintraMexico
StateBaja California
Municipal seatTijuana
Lairgest ceetyTijuana
Municipality establishedDecember 29, 1953[1]
Govrenment
 • Municipal presesCarlos Bustamante Anchondo (PRI)
Area
 • Total879.2 km2 (339.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,559,683
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
 Data source: INEGI
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
INEGI code004
Website(in Spaingie) Ayuntamiento de Tijuana
Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Tijuana Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state o Baja California. Its municipal seat is locatit in the ceety o Tijuana. Accordin tae the 2010 census, the municipality haed a population o 1,559,683 inhabitants, o whom 1,300,983, or 83.4%, livit in the ceety o Tijuana. Carlos Bustamante Anchondo o the PRI is the current municipal president.

Tijuana is bordered tae the sooth bi the municipalities o Rosarito Beach an Ensenada; tae the east, bi the municipality o Tecate; tae the wast, bi the Paceefic Ocean; an tae the north, bi the international border wi the Unitit States, specifically the Coonty o San Diego, Californie. The aurie o the municipality o Tijuana is 879.2 km² (339.46 sq mi); the municipality includes pairt o the Coronado Islands, locatit aff the coast o the municipality in the Paceefic Ocean.

The ceety o Tijuana's precise location is 32°32′05″N 117°02′37″W / 32.53472°N 117.04361°W / 32.53472; -117.04361. It lees juist sooth o San Diego, Californie. The adjacent ceety an umwhile burgh o Tijuana is Rosarito Beach.

The municipality o Tijuana is dividit intae nine admeenistrative burghs. The Tijuana metropolitan aurie occupees aw o burgh seats. The burghs are in turn dividit intae colonias or ejidos. These burghs affer admeenistrative services such as urban plannin, ceevil registry, inspection, verification, public wirks an commonty development an are servit bi a delegado.

Major ceeties

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The lairgest localities (ceeties, touns, an veelages) are:[3]

Name 2010 Census Population
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

References

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  1. (in Spaingie) pp. 78–79, La Transformación de Baja California en Estado, 1931–1952 Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Lawrence Douglas Taylor Hansen, Estudios Fronterizos, 1, #1 (Jan-June 2000), UABC, Mexicali, pp. 47–87.
  2. "Bourough of Playas de Tijuana". City of Tijuana. Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2011. Retrieved 21 Julie 2011.
  3. 2010 census tables: INEGI Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine

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