Country Mexico Municipality established December 29, 1953 INEGI code 001 Population 466,814 (2010) Largest city Ensenada | Municipal seat Ensenada Time zone PST (UTC−8) Area 52,482 km² Capital Ensenada | |
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Website (Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Ensenada Destinations Ensenada, Guadalupe Island, Guadalupe Points of interest Sierra de San Pedro Mártir Nat, Museo Historico Regional, National Astronomical Observatory, Caracol Centro Científico, STATE CENTER FOR THE Colleges and Universities Ensenada Center for Scientific, Ensenada Institute of Technology, Universidad Xochicalco - Ensenada | ||
The municipality (Spanish: municipio) of Ensenada, with a land area of 52,482.40 km2 (20,263.57 sq mi), takes up the majority of the state of Baja California. It is the largest municipality in Mexico and in the Americas by area. It contains all of Baja California apart from a strip at the north and, at the northeast extremity of the state, the municipality of Mexicali. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Gulf of California on the east, and by all of the other municipalities in Baja California on the North. Its municipal seat (Spanish: cabecera municipal) is Ensenada (), which lies near the northwest corner of the municipality, although almost all of the municipality's territory lies far to its southeast. Its current (as of 2009) municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) is Enrique Pelayo Torres. A major port is planned to be built in Punta Colonet, a largely uninhabited area 80 km (50 mi) south of the city of Ensenada. Located offshore, Guadalupe Island is part of the municipality, making Ensenada the westernmost municipality of Latin America.
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Map of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
In 2010 the municipality had a population of 466,814 inhabitants. The 2005 census recorded 413,481 inhabitants.
Subdivisions
Territorially massive Ensenada municipality is administratively subdivided into 23 boroughs (Spanish: delegaciones), of which Ensenada form the city of Ensenada, the municipal seat:
- La Mision - Borough seat: La Misión
- El Porvenir
- Francisco Zarco (Guadalupe)
- Real del Castillo
- El Sauzal
- Ensenada
- San Antonio de las Minas
- Maneadero
- Santo Tomás
- Erendira - Borough seat: Eréndira
- San Vicente
- Valle de la Trinidad
- Punta Colonet - Borough seat: Punta Colonet
- Camalu - Borough seat: Camalú
- Vicente Guerrero
- San Quintin - Borough seat: San Quintín
- El Rosario - Borough seat: El Rosario
- Puertecitos - Borough seat: Puertecitos
- El Marmol
- Punta Prieta - Borough seat: Punta Prieta
- Bahía de los Ángeles
- Calmallí (Villa Jesús María)
- Isla de Cedros
Demographics
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 466,814.
As of 2010, the city of Ensenada had a population of 279,765. Other than the city of Ensenada, the municipality had 3,245 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were:
Classified as urban:
Classified as rural: