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( es, link=no, municipio) of Ensenada is the fourth-largest municipality in Mexico with a land area of in 2020, about the same size as

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state and larger than five Mexican states. Located offshore,

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and

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are part of the municipality, making Ensenada the westernmost municipality in Mexico and Latin America. Incorporated on May 15, 1882 as the northern partido of the

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, it became a municipality of the state of Baja California on December 29, 1953. The municipality shares borders with every other municipality in the state:

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and Tecate to the north,

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and San Felipe to the east and southeast and San Quintín to the south. Its municipal seat is Ensenada, a port lying near the northwest corner of the municipality. Ensenada's current () municipal president ( es, link=no, presidente municipal) is Armando Ayala Robles. A major port is planned to be built in

Punta Colonet Punta Colonet (Chuwílo Ksaay (''dry arroyo'') in the Kiliwa language) is a town located in Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico. Located south of the city of Ensenada, the community is located in an agriculturally productive region o ...

, a largely uninhabited area south of the city of Ensenada. In February 2020, San Quintín separated from Ensenada and became Baja California's sixth municipality. Prior to this, Ensenada was the country's largest municipality. In January 2022, San Felipe separated from Ensenada and became Baja California's seventh municipality, further reducing the size of Ensenada Municipality.

Subdivisions

División administrativa del Municipio de Ensenada

The Ensenada municipality is administratively subdivided into 15

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: # Ensenada # La Misión #El Porvenir #Francisco Zarco ( Guadalupe) #Real del Castillo #El Sauzal #Ensenada #San Antonio de las Minas # Maneadero # Santo Tomás # Eréndira #San Vicente #Valle de la Trinidad #

# Isla de Cedros

Demographics

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 443,807 in 1,698 localities. Ensenada, the seat, has 330,652 residents, and the following are the largest urban communities: * Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (Maneadero) (27,969) * El Sauzal de Rodríguez (11,371) * El Zorrillo (8,522) * San Vicente (5,062) * Valle de Guadalupe (4,334) * Valle de la Trinidad (3,381) * Punta Colonet (3,095) * Ojos Negros (2,707) * Poblado Héroes de Chapultepec (2,360).

Government

Municipal presidents

Notes

References

* Ensenada: Its background, founding, and early development http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/84winter/ensenada.htm
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Los Municipios con Mayor y Menor Extensión Territorial

Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal #REDIRECT Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal {{R from other capitalisation ...

Subdivisions (''delegaciones'')

External links

Ayuntamiento de Ensenada
Official government website.

Diane Lindquist, ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', 24 April 2006. Article on planned port construction at Punta Colonet. {{Authority control Municipalities of Baja California