The Tijuana metropolitan area, and in Spanish the Zona Metropolitana de Tijuana, is located by the

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. The 2010 census placed the Tijuana metropolitan area as the fifth largest city by population in the country with 1,751,302 people. The census bureau defined metropolitan area comprises three

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, Tecate and

Rosarito Beach Rosarito is a coastal city in Playas de Rosarito Municipality, Baja California, situated on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. As of 2010, the city had a population of 65,278. Located south of the US-Mexico border, Rosarito is a part of the greater S ...

. Yet sources commonly include Tecate Municipality in the metropolitan area as the

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between

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and Tecate grows, the commuting populace increases - ultimately further developing the southern areas of San Diego–Tijuana, and the three municipalities maintain strong relationships and cooperation.

References

Metropolitan areas of Baja California {{BajaCalifornia-geo-stub

See also

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