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| Mexicali Municipality Municipio de Mexicali |
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| Motto: Tierra Cálida (English: Warm Land) |
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| Country | Mexico | ||
| State | Baja California | ||
| Municipal seat | Mexicali | ||
| Largest city | Mexicali | ||
| Municipality established | December 29, 1953[1] | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal president | Rodolfo Váldez (PAN) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 13,700 km2 (5,300 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 956,826 | ||
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) | ||
| Data source: INEGI | |||
| Time zone | PST (UTC−8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | ||
| INEGI code | 002 | ||
| Website | (Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Mexicali | ||
| Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México | |||
Mexicali Municipality is a municipality (Spanish: municipio) in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its municipal seat (Spanish: cabecera municipal) is located in the city of Mexicali. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 956,826 inhabitants, and according to the 2000 census, it had 764,602 inhabitants, which means an increase of 22.5%. The municipality has an area of 13,700 km² (5,300 sq mi.) This includes many smaller outlying communities as well as the city of Mexicali. Also, the islands of Baja California located in the Gulf of California are part of the municipality, among them the mudflat islands at the mouth of the Colorado River (the largest one being Montague Island), Isla Ángel de la Guarda and the islands of the San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park. Mexicali is the northernmost municipality of Latin America.
The city of Mexicali was founded in 1903, and its name is a portmanteau of Mexico and California, as is the name of Calexico, California across the border. This is an unusual pair of border cities in that Mexicali, on the Mexican side, is far larger than Calexico, on the U.S. side.
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Boroughs [link]
The municipality of Mexicali, is divided into 14 administrative boroughs (Spanish: delegaciones) of which the city of Mexicali occupies 3 beside the city proper area; all 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.
The boroughs of Mexicali Municipality city are:
- Los Algodones, located in the Valley Zone.
- Bátaquez, located in the Valley Zone.
- Cerro Prieto, located in the Urban Zone, is part of the Mexicali metropolitan area.
- Venustiano Carranza, located in the Valley Zone.
- Ciudad Morelos, informally known as Cuervos, located in the Valley Zone.
- Colonias Nuevas, informally known as Km 57, located in the Valley Zone.
- Progreso, located in the Urban Zone, is part of the Mexicali metropolitan area.
- Ejido Hermosillo, located in the Valley Zone.
- Estación Delta, located in the Valley Zone.
- Guadalupe Victoria, informally known as Km 43, located in the Valley Zone.
- González Ortega, informally known as Palaco, located in the Urban Zone, is part of the Mexicali metropolitan area.
- Hechicera, located in the Valley Zone.
- San Felipe, located in the Coastal Zone, to the south on the Gulf of California.
- Benito Juárez, informally known as Tecolotes, located in the Valley Zone.
The former borough (delegación) of Compuertas is located in the eastern part of the city of Mexicali.
Cities and towns [link]
Towns and villages [link]
The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:[2]
| Name | 2010 Census Population |
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| Mexicali | 689,775 |
| Santa Isabel | 29,311 |
| Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria (Kilómetro Cuarenta y Tres) | 17,119 |
| San Felipe | 16,702 |
| Puebla | 15,168 |
| Progreso | 12,557 |
| Ciudad Morelos (Cuervos) | 8,243 |
| Colonia Venustiano Carranza (La Carranza) | 6,098 |
| Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete) | 5,617 |
| Vicente Guerrero (Los Algodones) | 5,474 |
| Delta (Estación Delta) | 5,180 |
| Ejido Hermosillo | 5,101 |
| Benito Juárez (Ejido Tecolotes) | 4,167 |
| Nuevo León | 3,655 |
| Poblado Paredones | 3,332 |
| Michoacán de Ocampo | 3,086 |
| Ejido Hechicera | 2,517 |
| Viñas del Sol | 2,509 |
| Ejido Sinaloa (Estación Kasey) | 2,505 |
| Ejido Lázaro Cárdenas (La Mosca) | 2,463 |
| Poblado Lázaro Cárdenas (La Veintiocho) | 2,388 |
| Ejido Quintana Roo | 2,311 |
| Total Municipality | 936,826 |
Adjacent municipalities and counties [link]
- San Luis Río Colorado Municipality, Sonora - east
- Ensenada Municipality - south and southwest
- Tecate Municipality - west
- Imperial County, California - north
- Yuma County, Arizona - northeast
See also [link]
References [link]
- ^ (Spanish) pp. 78–79, La Transformación de Baja California en Estado, 1931–1952, Lawrence Douglas Taylor Hansen, Estudios Fronterizos, 1, #1 (January–June 2000), UABC, Mexicali, pp. 47–87.
- ^ 2010 census tables: INEGI
- (Spanish) Link to tables of population data from the 2005 Census, INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática.
- (Spanish) Mexicali, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB. Accessed on line November 15, 2007.
- (Spanish) Ubicación Geográfica, Mexicali government web site. Describes subdivisions of Mexicali.
External links [link]
- (Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Mexicali, official government web site.
- (English)/(Spanish) Mexicali Tourism Guide
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Mexicali
Mexicali (pronounced 
mexi'kali ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California, seat of the Municipality of Mexicali. The City of Mexicali has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the population of the entire metropolitan area reaches 996,826.
The city maintains a highly educated and skilled population, as the city has modernized and become an important population center in the desert region.
Mexicali's economy has been historically based on agricultural products, and to this day it remains a large sector of the economy. As time has progressed, however, its economy has gradually gone from being agricultural to include industry, mainly maquiladoras. Companies such as Honeywell, GKN Aerospace, Kellogg's, Gulfstream, UTC Aerospace Systems, SunPower, Rockwell Collins, LG Electronics, National Oilwell Varco, Mitsubishi, Autolite, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Robert Bosch and Goodrich Corporation have built maquiladora plants in the city.
Mexicali is the national pioneer for the aerospace industry in Mexico, when Rockwell Collins (former Hughes Tool Company) decided to establish an operation in 1966. Rockwell Collins it's the oldest company under the maquiladora program nationwide.
