Otay Centenario is a borough of the

municipality of Tijuana Tijuana Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its municipal seat is located in the city of Tijuana. According to the 2020 census, the municipality had a population of 1,922,523. Luis Arturo González Cruz of the ...

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. It is the result of a merger between the former boroughs of Mesa de Otay and Centenario which took place on January 1, 2014."MESA DE OTAY-CENTENARIO ESTRENARÁ EDIFICIO", ''InfoBaja'', 2014-02-12
/ref> The borough is located east of the Centro borough and the

Zona Río Zona Río (English: "River Zone") is an official zone, and the main modern business district, of the city of Tijuana, Mexico. Zona Río is located at a strategic point, in the north of the city, about from the U.S.-Mexico border and from Downto ...

; south of the U.S. border and San Diego's

Otay Mesa Otay Mesa ( ) is a community in the southern section of the city of San Diego, just north of the U.S.–Mexico border. It is bordered by the Otay River Valley and the city of Chula Vista on the north; Interstate 805 and the neighborhoods of Oc ...

neighborhood; and north of La Mesa.

Tijuana International Airport General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez) or simply Tijuana International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional de Tijuana), , in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, is Mex ...

, and many

maquiladora A (), or (), is a word that refers to factories that are largely duty free and tariff-free. These factories take raw materials and assemble, manufacture, or process them and export the finished product. These factories and systems are present t ...

s are located here. Main shopping centers are the Centro Comercial Otay and Plaza Americana Otay, which is located in front of Centro Comercial Otay. The area is noted as the second gastronomic hub of the city, with many restaurants. The former Centenario borough has the largest number of factories and

s in the city. Its largest neighborhood (''colonia'') is ''Ciudad Industrial'' ("Industrial City"). Three of the city's most important streets, Boulevard Bellas Artes, Boulevard Industrial and

Mexican Federal Highway 2 Federal Highway 2 ( es, Carretera Federal 2, Fed. 2) is a free part of the Mexican federal highway corridors () that runs along the U.S. border. The highway is in two separate improved segments, starting in the west at Tijuana, Baja Califor ...

, are located here. Parque de la Amistad (not to be confused with Friendship Park at the border in

Playas de Tijuana Playas de Tijuana (Spanish for "beaches of Tijuana") is the westernmost borough of the municipality of Tijuana, Baja California, stretching from the United States border in the north to Rosarito Beach Municipality in the south. The Bullring by t ...

) is a large park in the borough.

Education

The Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana^es (Technological Institute of Tijuana) and the

Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana The Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana is one of three main campuses of the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), located in the Otay Centenario borough of Tijuana, Baja California state, México. It is a public research ...

are located in the borough.

Border crossing facilities

This area contains the

Otay Mesa Port of Entry The Otay Mesa Port of Entry (Spanish: ''Puerto de Entrada Mesa de Otay'') is one of three ports of entry (POE) in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region, in the U.S. state of California, connecting Otay Mesa in the City of San Diego with th ...

Otay Mesa, San Diego Otay Mesa ( ) is a community in the South San Diego, southern section of the city of San Diego, just north of the U.S.–Mexico border. It is bordered by the Otay River Valley and the city of Chula Vista on the north; Interstate 805 and the neigh ...

, and the planned new

Otay Mesa East Port of Entry The Otay Mesa East Port of Entry is a planned border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana, approximately 2 miles east of the existing Otay Mesa Port of Entry. The crossing will connect the Otay Centenario borough of Tijuana with East Otay Mes ...

will connect Otay-Centenario with the area of

East Otay Mesa East Otay Mesa is an as-yet undeveloped area in the South Bay region of unincorporated San Diego County, southern California. It is located along the northern side of the U.S.-Mexico border, with plans for future developments, including an ord ...

San Diego County San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the fi ...

References

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