Tecate Municipality, Baja California

Tecate Municipality Municipio de Tecate
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Motto: Paraíso Industrial de B.C. (English: Baja California's Industrial Paradise)
Location of Tecate in Baja California.
Coordinates: 32°34′N 116°38′W / 32.567°N 116.633°W / 32.567; -116.633Coordinates: 32°34′N 116°38′W / 32.567°N 116.633°W / 32.567; -116.633
Country	Mexico
State	Baja California
Municipal seat	Tecate
Largest city	Tecate
Municipality established	December 29, 1953[1]
Government
– Municipal president	Donaldo Peñaloza Ávila (PAN)
Area
– Total	3,079.0 km2 (1,188.8 sq mi)
Population (2010)
– Total	101,079
– Density	32.8/km2 (85/sq mi)
	Data source: INEGI 2010 Census
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
– Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
INEGI code	003
Website	(Spanish) Gobierno Municipal de Tecate, Baja California
Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Tecate is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its municipal seat is located in the city of Tecate. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 101,079 inhabitants, and according to the 2005 census, it had 91,034 inhabitants. The municipality has an area of 3,079.0 km² (1,188.8 sq mi).

Boroughs

The municipality is administrative subdivided in 6 boroughs, beside the municipal seat, Tecate.

• Nueva Colonia Hindú
• Colonia Luis Echeverría
• Heroes del Desierto
• Mi Ranchito
• Valle de Las Palmas
• La Rumorosa

Cities and towns

Populations are from the 2010 census.

• Tecate - 64,764
• Lomas de Santa Anita - 6,604
• Nueva Colonia Hindú - 4,431
• Cereso del Hongo - 4,278
• Colonia Luis Echeverría Álvarez - 2,411
• Hacienda Tecate - 1,871
• Valle de Las Palmas - 1,860
• La Rumorosa - 1,836
• Maclovio Herrera (Colonia Aviación) - 1,219
• Alfonso Garzón - 1,188
• El Mirador - 1,171

Adjacent municipalities and counties

• Mexicali Municipality - east
• Ensenada Municipality - south
• Tijuana Municipality - west
• San Diego County, California - north
• Imperial County, California - northeast

References

1. ^ (Spanish) pp. 78–79, La Transformación de Baja California en Estado, 1931–1952, Lawrence Douglas Taylor Hansen, Estudios Fronterizos, 1, #1 (Jan-June 2000), UABC, Mexicali, pp. 47–87.

• (Spanish) Link to tables of population data from 2010 Census, INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática.
• (Spanish) Tecate, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB. Accessed on line November 15, 2007.

External links

San Diego–Tijuana portal

• (Spanish) Gobierno Municipal de Tecate, Baja California Official government website.