Municipio Playas de Rosarito
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Baja California | |
| Seat | Playas de Rosarito | |
| surface | 500.7 km² | |
| Residents | 90,668 (2010) | |
| density | 181.1 inhabitants per km² | |
| founding | 1995 | |
| Website | www.rosarito.gob.mx | |
| INEGI no. | 02005 | |
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| Presidente municipal | Mirna Cecilia Rincon Vargas | |
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Coordinates: 32 ° 20 ′ N , 117 ° 2 ′ W
Playas de Rosarito is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California with a good 90,000 inhabitants. The municipality extends over 500 km². The administrative seat and by far the largest city of the municipality is Playas de Rosarito (approx. 65,000 inhabitants).
geography
The Municipio Playas de Rosarito extends along a stretch of coast on the Pacific Ocean in the north of the state of Baja California. Located on until 700 m altitude, it is one entirely to the physiographic region of the peninsula Baja California and to hydrologic Region Baja California Noroeste . The geology is dominated by extrusive rocks , including basalt (32%) and andesitic tuff (25%), 21% of the municipality is occupied by sandstone. The predominant soil types are the Leptosol (64%) and the Vertisol (27%). 57% of the municipality is covered by undergrowth, around 17% are used for arable farming.
The municipality borders in the south with the municipality Ensenada , in the west with the Pacific Ocean and in the north and east with the municipality Tijuana .
population
According to the 2010 census, the municipality has 90,668 inhabitants in around 24,000 residential units. Of these, 997 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including around 275 speakers of Purépecha and 132 speakers each of Zapotec and Mixtec . About 2.8% of the population were illiterate. 37,526 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 67% were men and 5.6% were unemployed. 3.3% of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The Municipio Playas de Rosarito comprises 207 inhabited localidades , of which, in addition to the main town, Ampliación Ejido Plan Libertador and Primo Tapia are classified as urban by the INEGI . Four towns had a population of over 2000 in the 2010 census, another ten towns had at least 500 inhabitants, and 180 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
| place | Residents |
| Playas de Rosarito | 65,278 |
| Ampliación Ejido Plan Libertador | 5,906 |
| Primo Tapia | 4,921 |
| Ciudad Morelos | 2,040 |
| Colinas del Sol | 1,361 |
| Santa Anita | 1,284 |
| Vista Marina | 939 |
| Los Volcanes | 783 |
| Misión del Mar 1ra. y 2da. Sección | 663 |
| Ladrillera Pescador | 636 |
| El Descanso | 567 |
| Lomas de Rosarito | 560 |
| Real de Rosarito | 544 |
| Venustiano Carranza | 538 |
Web links
- official website of Playas de Rosarito (Spanish)
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Playas de Rosarito (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Playas de Rosarito (Spanish; PDF)
