Tijuana Municipality is a

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in the

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. Its municipal seat is located in the city of

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(US) and < ...

. According to the 2020 census, the municipality had a population of 1,922,523. Luis Arturo González Cruz of the

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is the current

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. The municipality comprises the largest part of the

Tijuana metropolitan area The Tijuana metropolitan area, and in Spanish the Zona Metropolitana de Tijuana, is located by the Pacific Ocean in Mexico. The 2010 census placed the Tijuana metropolitan area as the fifth largest city by population in the country with 1,751,3 ...

. Tijuana is bordered to the south by the municipalities of

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and Ensenada; to the east, by the municipality of

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; to the west, by the

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; and to the north, by the international border with the United States, specifically the

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. The area of the municipality of Tijuana is 879.2 km² (339.46 sq mi); the municipality includes part of the

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, located off the coast of the municipality in the

. The city of Tijuana lies just south of

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. The adjacent city and former borough of Tijuana is

Boroughs

The municipality of Tijuana is divided into nine administrative

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, or ''delegaciones'' with "Resto de Municipio" the remaining unincorporated Part of the Municipality being the largest bourough. The Tijuana metropolitan area occupies all of borough seats. The boroughs are in turn divided into colonias or

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s. These boroughs offer administrative services such as

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, inspection, verification,

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s and community development and are served by a ''delegado''. *

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— "Delegación Centro" includes the old downtown (Zona Centro), new business district (

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 ...

), and other adjacent neighborhoods ("zonas"). This is the historical midpoint of Tijuana; the municipal palace is located here as well as most of the tourist zones, such as

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and the business district. The

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(CECUT for CEntro CUltural de Tijuana) is located here as well as th
Plaza Río Tijuana
until recently the largest mall in the state, within the

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. * Cerro Colorado — The ''Cerro Colorado'' ("Red Hill") is located here and it is surrounded by houses. Because of its height many of the area's antennae for radio and television stations are located on its peak. * La Mesa — This is where the

Morelos Park Morelos Park is an ecological reserve in Tijuana, Mexico. It has a zoo, and an artificial lake A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or ...

, the largest public park in the city, is located, as well as the Plaza Mundo Divertido, the new

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and the CETYS University. *

Otay Centenario Otay Centenario is a borough of the municipality of Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico. It is the result of a merger between the former boroughs of Mesa de Otay and Centenario which took place on January 1, 2014. The borough is located east of th ...

— This borough was created in 2014 by merging Mesa de Otay and Centenario boroughs. In this borough sits the

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. The Tijuana campus of the

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and the Technologico are also located here as well as many

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s. This is the borough with the largest number of factories and

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

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, are located here. 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 ...

and the Parque de la Amistad park are also here. *

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 ...

— This is the westernmost borough of the city bordered by the

on the west and the

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border on the north. This is where the beaches of Tijuana are located (hence the name) and it is also one of the two exits to the south towards

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and Ensenada. * La Presa — This is the largest borough in size and the Abelardo L. Rodríguez Dam is located within its limits, hence its name ("Presa" translates as "Dam" in English). The new Corredor Tijuana 2000 s and the Tijuana-Tecate free road run through it. *

San Antonio de los Buenos San Antonio de los Buenos is a borough of the municipality of Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico. San Antonio de los Buenos borough lies southwest of the city center and Sánchez Taboada boroughs and east of Playas de Tijuana Playas de Tijuana ...

— This is mostly a residential area although it also has two industrial parks. * Sanchez Taboada — Like the previous borough this is mostly a residential area, but within its borders are located many "maquiladoras" specially at Pacific Industrial Park. * La Presa Este — Like the previous borough this is mostly a residential area. * Resto de Municipio — (Translates to Rest of Municipality) Largest Delegation which is mainly rural with small towns located on the southernmost area of unincorporated Part of the Municipality.

Demographics

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 1,922,523. As of 2010, the city of Tijuana had a population of 1,300,983. Other than the city of Tijuana, the municipality had 902 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: El Refugio (36,400), Pórticos de San Antonio (34,234), La Joya (26,860), Terrazas del Valle (20,421), Villa del Prado Secunda Sección (18,226), Las Delicias (15,486), Villa del Campo (13,906),

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(12,303),

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(8,999), San Luis (8,571), Maclovio Rojas (7,279), Quinta del Cedro (5,704), Parajes del Valle (3,595), Lomas del Valle (3,352), Los Valles (3,135), classified as urban, and Ejido Javier Rojo Gómez (2,408), Hacienda los Venados (2,096),

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(1,761),

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(1,591), Ejido Ojo de Agua (1,241),

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(1,241), La Esperanza (Granjas Familiares) (1,173), Colinas del Sol (1,145), and Lomas de Tlatelolco (1,086), classified as rural.

References

Link to tables of population data from the 2005 Census

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(INEGI).
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Boroughs

Demographics

References

External links