Tijuana

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Tijuana
Coordinates: 32 ° 30 ′  N , 116 ° 57 ′  W
Map: Baja California
marker
Tijuana​
Tijuana on the map of Baja California
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Baja California
Municipio Tijuana
City foundation July 11, 1889
Residents 1,386,100  (2014)
- in the metropolitan area 2,018,253
City insignia
Tijuana, Mexico, COA, Escudo.jpg
Detailed data
surface 637 km 2
Population density 2212 inhabitants / km 2
height 20  m
City structure 11
Waters Río Tijuana
Post Code 22000, 22200, 22127, 22440, 22444, 22650
Time zone UTC −8
Website www.tijuana.gob.mx
Tijuana
Tijuana
Cultural Center (CECUT)
Torre de Agua Caliente
People's district with informally built houses in Tijuana
Border security between San Diego (left) and Tijuana (right)

Tijuana [ tixwana ] is a city in northwestern Mexico in the state of Baja California on the coast of the Pacific . The population in 2019 was approximately 1.902 million local people and over 2.3 million in the metropolitan area . The city, which is just 18 miles south of downtown and right on the southern border of the US city of San Diego , is a major destination for tourists and travelers from Southern California . Tijuana is part of the metropolitan area of San Diego – Tijuana and the megalopolis of Southern California, which begins north of Los Angeles and extends into the Mojave Desert .

As a result of the drug war in Mexico , Tijuana became one of the most dangerous cities in the world , measured by the murder rate , in the 2010 decade.

traffic

The city is right on the border with the USA . Tijuana's international airport, General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport , is served by the airlines Volaris , Aeroméxico , Interjet , Viva Aerobus and Calafia Airlines from 20 destinations in the north and center of Mexico. The airport is right outside the US border fence (across the street); there is a paid pedestrian bridge to a terminal (collectively Cross Border Xpress, "CBX") on the US side.

Population development of the city

year population
1990 698.752
1995 966.097
2000 1,148,681
2005 1,286,187
2010 1,300,983
2019 1,902,485

Population development in the metropolitan area

year population
1950 60,000
1960 154,000
1970 289,000
1980 437,000
1990 812,000
2000 1,365,000
2010 1,754,000
2018 2,318,000

Administrative division

Tijuana is divided into 9 delegations with their own administration:

  1. Centro
  2. Cerro Colorado
  3. La Mesa
  4. La Presa
  5. La Presa Este (East La Presa)
  6. Otay Centenario (merger of the former Mesa de Otay and Centenario delegations)
  7. Playas de Tijuana
  8. San Antonio de los Buenos
  9. Sánchez Taboada

Climate table

Tijuana
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.
 
 
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11
 
 
3.2
 
24
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0.7
 
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0.5
 
29
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0.4
 
28
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5.4
 
28
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9.4
 
25th
13
 
 
32
 
23
10
 
 
36
 
21st
7th
Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: CONAGUA
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Tijuana
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 20.6 21.0 20.5 21.6 23.6 25.7 28.5 28.0 27.6 25.4 23.2 20.7 O 23.9
Min. Temperature (° C) 7.4 8.4 9.6 10.7 13.4 15.3 17.1 17.9 17.0 13.1 9.8 6.9 O 12.2
Precipitation ( mm ) 43.1 42.7 61.5 19.5 3.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 5.4 9.4 32.3 36.2 Σ 254.9
Rainy days ( d ) 5.9 5.4 8.1 3.8 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.3 1.1 2.7 3.8 4.4 Σ 37.7
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7.4
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8.4
20.5
9.6
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10.7
23.6
13.4
25.7
15.3
28.5
17.1
28.0
17.9
27.6
17.0
25.4
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23.2
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  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: CONAGUA

Others

  • The famous battle between the Tijuana cartel and the rival Juárez cartel was portrayed by Hollywood in 2000 in the film Traffic .
  • On the album Tijuana Moods , recorded in 1957 and published in 1962, the American double bass player and composer Charles Mingus musically processed the impressions of his visit to Tijuana.
  • The singer Manu Chao dealt with the city's problems in the song "Welcome to Tijuana".
  • The song "Tijuana Lady" by the band Gomez is part of the soundtrack for the film "Lost Souls" with Winona Ryder and Ben Chaplin .
  • The city-based band Tijuana No! dedicates her socially critical texts to various problems in Mexican and US politics.
  • In the 1920s and 1930s, Tijuana supposedly had the "largest bar in the world" with the Mexicali Beer Hall .
  • In Tijuana there is a large German school (Deutsches College Cuauhtemoc Hank)
  • Marsimoto's second video release from the album Ring der Nebelungen is titled Tijuana Flow

Town twinning

Border fortification reaching into the Pacific at Tijuana (" Mexican Wall" )

The city of Tijuana maintains the following city partnerships:

sons and daughters of the town

See also

literature

  • T. D Proffitt: Tijuana: A Mexican Metropolis. San Diego State University, San Diego 1994, ISBN 1879691019

Web links

Commons : Tijuana  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CIA World Factbook: Mexico , Central Intelligence Agency , accessed October 25, 2017
  2. ↑ Most dangerous city in the world 2019 . In: Stern.de . ( stern.de [accessed on August 26, 2019]).
  3. ↑ https://www.google.com/flights?lite=0#flt=TIJ..2019-05-12*.TIJ.2019-05-16;c:USD;e:1;s:0*0 ; sd: 1; er: 111938016.-1214716797.380431496.-961152344; t: e
  4. ↑ https://www.bild.de/newsticker-mektiven/reise/terminal-tijuana-41193522.bild.html
  5. ↑ Mexico: States and Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved July 26, 2018 .
  6. ↑ World Urbanization Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
  7. ↑ menu http://www.tijuana.gob.mx/delegacion/lapresaalr.aspx