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Tijuana Municipality

Coordinates: 32°32′N 117°3′W / 32.533°N 117.050°W / 32.533; -117.050
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Tijuana Municipality
Municipio de Tijuana
Municipality of Tijuana
Coat of arms of Tijuana Municipality
Motto: 
The Fatherland Starts Here
Location of Tijuana in Baja California
Location of Tijuana in Baja California
Coordinates: 32°32′N 117°3′W / 32.533°N 117.050°W / 32.533; -117.050
CountryUnited Mexican States
StateBaja California
Municipal seatTijuana
Largest cityTijuana
Municipality establishedDecember 29, 1953[1]
Government
 • BodyAyuntamiento
 • MayorMontserrat Caballero (MORENA)
Area
 • Total879.2 km2 (339.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,922,523
 Data source: [2]
Time zoneUTC−8 (Northwest (US Pacific))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (Northwest)
INEGI code004
Website(in 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 2020 census, the municipality had a population of 1,922,523.[2] Montserrat Caballero of the MORENA is the current mayor. The municipality comprises the largest part of the Tijuana metropolitan area.

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 lies just south of San Diego, California. The adjacent city and former borough of Tijuana is Rosarito Beach.

Boroughs

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The municipality of Tijuana is divided into nine administrative boroughs, or delegaciones with "Resto de Municipio" the remaining unincorporated Part of the Municipality being the largest borough. 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.

View of the U.S.–Mexico border fence from Playas de Tijuana, at the left

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
2000 1,210,820—    
2005 1,410,700+16.5%
2010 1,559,683+10.6%
2015 1,641,570+5.3%
2020 1,922,523+17.1%
sources:[6][7][8][9]

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 1,922,523.[2]

As of 2010, the city of Tijuana had a population of 1,300,983.[10] Other than the city of Tijuana, the municipality had 902 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Refugio (36,400), Pórticos de San Antonio (34,234), La Joya (26,860), Terrazas del Valle (20,421), Villa del Prado Secunda 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), classified as urban, and Ejido Javier Rojo Gómez (2,408), Hacienda los Venados (2,096), Buenos Aires (1,761), Cuesta Blanca (1,591), Ejido Ojo de Agua (1,241), San Antonio (1,241), La Esperanza (Granjas Familiares) (1,173), Colinas del Sol (1,145), and Lomas de Tlatelolco (1,086), classified as rural.[10]

References

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  1. ^ (in Spanish) 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. ^ a b c "México en Cifras/Estados Unidos Mexicanos". INEGI.org. January 1998. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. ^ Map website of the Tijuana City Government Archived 2016-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Doble responsabilidad desde el 1 de enero", Frontera, 2014-01-15.
  5. ^ "Bourough of Playas de Tijuana". City of Tijuana. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  6. ^ http://www.inegi.org.mx/saladeprensa/boletines/2015/especiales/especiales2015_12_3.pdf INGEI:RESULTADOS DEFINITIVOS DE LA ENCUESTA INTERCENSAL 2015.
  7. ^ "MEXICO: Mexico:Administrative Division". Citypopulation.de. 2012-01-08. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  8. ^ "Tabulados básicos - descarga". Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  9. ^ Note for 2010, much of the 5-year growth has occurred in the municipality of Tijuana (suburbs) rather than the city itself as the urban fringe expands as people escape into isolated suburban subdivisions due to drug violence.
  10. ^ a b "Tijuana". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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