Tecate (Baja California)

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Tecate
Coordinates: 32 ° 34 ′  N , 116 ° 38 ′  W
Map: Baja California
marker
Tecate
Tecate on the map of Baja California
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Baja California
Municipio Tecate
Residents 64,764  (2010)
Detailed data
height 540  m
Website tecate.gob.mx
Tecate
Tecate

Tecate is a city in the Mexican state of Baja California . It has 64,764 inhabitants and is the capital of the municipality of the same name Tecate with 101,079 inhabitants (as of 2010).

history

The city was founded in 1861. In 1914 a railway station was built in Tecate. In 1954 the Municipio Tecate was founded.

Others

There is a beer brand named after the city (Tecate and Tecate Light) that has been part of FEMSA since 1954 . The company still operates a brewery in Tecate today.

Individual evidence

  1. FEMSA Business Unit Cerveza ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.femsa.com