Tecate Municipality
Municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California
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::summary Municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tecate Municipality |
| native_name | Municipio de Tecate |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Mexico |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Baja California |
| image_map | Tecate en Baja California.svg |
| map_caption | Location of Tecate in Baja California. |
| image_shield | Escudo tecate.jpg |
| motto | Paraíso Industrial de B.C. |
| (Baja California's Industrial Paradise) | |
| population_as_of | 2020 |
| population_total | 108,440 |
| population_note | Data source: |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| area_total_km2 | 3079.0 |
| leader_title | Municipal president |
| leader_name | Cesar Rafael Moreno Gonzalez |
| leader_party | PRI |
| subdivision_type2 | Municipal seat |
| subdivision_name2 | Tecate |
| subdivision_type3 | Largest city |
| subdivision_name3 | Tecate |
| blank_name | INEGI code |
| blank_info | 003 |
| timezone | Northwest (US Pacific) |
| utc_offset | −8 |
| timezone_DST | Northwest |
| utc_offset_DST | −7 |
| coordinates | |
| established_title | Municipality established |
| established_date | December 29, 1953 |
| website | Gobierno Municipal de Tecate, Baja California |
| footnotes | Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |
| :: |
| name = Tecate Municipality
| native_name = Municipio de Tecate
| settlement_type = Municipality
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Mexico
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Baja California
| image_map = Tecate en Baja California.svg
| map_caption = Location of Tecate in Baja California.
| mapsize=
|image_shield = Escudo tecate.jpg
| motto = Paraíso Industrial de B.C.
(Baja California's Industrial Paradise)
| population_as_of=2020
| population_total=108,440
| population_note=Data source:
| population_density_km2=auto
| area_total_km2=3079.0
| leader_title = Municipal president
| leader_name = Cesar Rafael Moreno Gonzalez
| leader_party = PRI
| subdivision_type2 = Municipal seat
| subdivision_name2 = Tecate
| subdivision_type3 = Largest city
| subdivision_name3 = Tecate
| blank_name = INEGI code
| blank_info = 003
|timezone = Northwest (US Pacific)
|utc_offset = −8
|timezone_DST = Northwest
|utc_offset_DST = −7
| coordinates =
| established_title=Municipality established
| established_date=December 29, 1953
| website= Gobierno Municipal de Tecate, Baja California
| footnotes=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 2020 census, it had a population of 108,440 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
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As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 108,440.
As of 2010, the city of Tecate had a population of 64,764. 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.
Adjacent municipalities and counties
- Mexicali Municipality – east
- Ensenada Municipality – south
- Tijuana Municipality – west
- San Diego County, California – north
- Imperial County, California – northeast
References
- Link to tables of population data from 2010 Census, INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática.
- Tecate, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB. Accessed on line November 15, 2007.
References
- (January 2016). "México en cifras".
- {{in lang. es pp. 78–79, [https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/530/53010102.pdf La Transformación de Baja California en Estado, 1931–1952] {{Webarchive. link. (September 29, 2011 , Lawrence Douglas Taylor Hansen, ''Estudios Fronterizos'', 1, No. 1 (Jan–June 2000), UABC, Mexicali, pp. 47–87.)
- "Localidades y su población por municipio según tamaño de localidad". INEGI.
- "Número de habitantes". [[INEGI]] (National Institute of Statistics and Geography).
- "Tabulados de la Encuesta Intercensal 2015". INEGI.
- (2020). "INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020. Tabulados del Cuestionario Básico – Aguascalientes". [[INEGI]].
- "Tecate". [[Secretaría de Desarrollo Social]] (SEDESOL).
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