Municipio Tijuana

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Tijuana
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Baja California
Seat Tijuana
surface 1,235.5 km²
Residents 1,559,683 (2010)
density 1,262.4 inhabitants per km²
founding 1953
Website www.tijuana.gob.mx
INEGI no. 02004
politics
Presidente municipal Juan Manuel Gastélum Buenrostro
Tijuana Beach
Tijuana Beach

Coordinates: 32 ° 30 ′  N , 117 ° 0 ′  W

Tijuana is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California with 1,559,683 inhabitants (2010). The municipality covers an area of ​​approx. 1236 km². The administrative seat and by far the largest city of the municipality is Tijuana . The municipality's motto is Aquí empieza la patria (“Home begins here”).

geography

The municipality of Tijuana is located in the far northwest of the state of Baja California and thus the whole country. The municipality of Tijuana also includes some islands such as Islas Coronado . Up to 1200  m located height, it is one entirely to the physiographic province of the peninsula Baja California and for hydrographic region Baja California Noroeste . Geologically, the municipality is made up of around 45% extrusive rock , of which around 39% is andesitic tuff , 16% sedimentary rock , 8% intrusive rock , 6% alluvion and almost 2% metamorphic rock . The predominant soil types are the Leptosol (58%) and the Vertisol (11%). A good half of the municipality is covered by undergrowth, more than 20% are built on, around 9% are used for arable farming.

Tijuana city

It borders the Municipio Tecate in the east, the Municipio Ensenada in the south, Playas de Rosarito in the southwest , the Pacific Ocean in the northwest and the US state of California in the north .

population

According to the 2010 census, the municipality has 1,559,683 inhabitants in around 420,000 residential units. Of these, 12,124 persons were identified as speakers of indigenous languages recorded, including 3,781 speakers of Mixtec and 1,217 speakers of Nahuatl . About 2% of the population were illiterate. 696,907 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 63% were men or 5.3% were unemployed. 3.5% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The Municipio Tijuana comprises 536 inhabited localidades , 16 of which are classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, nine towns had a population of over 10,000, a further 16 towns had at least 1000 inhabitants, and more than 450 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents
Tijuana 1,300,983
El Refugio 0.036,400
Porticos de San Antonio 0.034,234
La Joya 0.026,860
Terrazas del Valle 0.020,421
Villa del Prado 2da Sección 0.018,226
Las Delicias 0.015,486
Villa del Campo 0.013,906
Villa del Prado 0.012.303
El Niño 0.008,999
San Luis 0.008,571
Maclovio Rojas 0.007,279
Quinta del Cedro 0.005,704
Parajes del Valle 0.003,595
Lomas del Valle 0.003,352
Los Valles 0.003.135
Ejido Javier Rojo Gomez 0.002,408
Hacienda los Venados 0.002,096

Web links

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