Tecate Municipality
| Tecate Municipality Municipio de Tecate | ||
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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°WCoordinates: 32°34′N 116°38′W / 32.567°N 116.633°W | ||
| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Baja California | |
| Municipal seat | Tecate | |
| Largest city | Tecate | |
| Municipality established | December 29, 1953[1] | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal president | Cesar Rafael Moreno Gonzalez (PRI) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3,079.0 km2 (1,188.8 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 101,079 | |
| • Density | 33/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 administratively subdivided into 6 boroughs, in addition to the municipal seat, Tecate.
- Nueva Colonia Hindú
- Colonia Luis Echeverría
- Heroes del Desierto
- Mi Ranchito
- Valle de Las Palmas
- La Rumorosa
Demographics
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 101,079.[2]
As of 2010, the city of Tecate had a population of 64,764.[2] Other than the city of Tecate, the municipality had 964 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Lomas de Santa Anita (6,604), Nueva Colonia Hindú (4,431), classified as urban, and Cereso del Hongo (4,278), Luis Echeverría Álvarez (El Hongo) (2,411), classified as urban, and Hacienda Tecate (1,871), Valle de las Palmas (1,860), La Rumorosa (1,836), Maclovio Herrera (Colonia Aviación) (1,219), Alfonso Garzón (Granjas Familiares) (1,188), and El Mirador (1,171), classified as rural.[2]
Adjacent municipalities and counties
- Mexicali Municipality - east
- Ensenada Municipality - south
- Tijuana Municipality - west
- San Diego County, California - north
- Imperial County, California - northeast
References
- ↑ (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.
- 1 2 3 "Tecate". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- (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
- (Spanish) Gobierno Municipal de Tecate, Baja California Official government website.
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