List of Baja California cities
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This is a list of the Largest cities in Baja California
. Populations are 2005 National Population Council (CONAPO) estimates. The following list includes information of cities from the Baja California municipalities of Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada, Playas de Rosarito, and Tecate. Over 75% of the population lives in the capital city of Mexicali or the urban centers of Ensenada and Tijuana.
Baja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
. Populations are 2005 National Population Council (CONAPO) estimates. The following list includes information of cities from the Baja California municipalities of Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada, Playas de Rosarito, and Tecate. Over 75% of the population lives in the capital city of Mexicali or the urban centers of Ensenada and Tijuana.
City proper City proper is defined as a "locality with legally fixed boundaries and an administratively recognized urban status that is usually characterized by some form of local government", or the area within the corporate limits. This definition has been consistently used since the United Nations... (city proper) in Baja California Baja California Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North... |
Rank | City | Municipality | Population |
1 | Tijuana Tijuana Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics... |
Tijuana | 1,483,992 |
2 | Mexicali Mexicali Mexicali is the capital of the State of Baja California, seat of the Municipality of Mexicali, and 2nd largest city in Baja California. The City of Mexicali has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the population of the entire metropolitan area reaches 936,826.The city... |
Mexicali | 653,046 |
3 | Ensenada Ensenada, Baja California Ensenada is a coastal city in Mexico and the third-largest city in Baja California. It is located south of San Diego on the Baja California Peninsula. The city is locally referred to as La Cenicienta del Pacífico, or, The Cinderella of the Pacific... |
Ensenada | 546.814 |
4 | Tecate Tecate Tecate is a small city in Baja California, Mexico and the municipal seat of Tecate Municipality. It is located on the border with Tecate, California, United States in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. There is a small port of entry betwixt the sister cities that serves as a calmer... |
Tecate | 59,129 |
5 | Rosarito | Rosarito Beach | 56,887 |
6 | La Joya La Joya, Baja California La Joya is a city in Baja California in the Tijuana Municipality. The city had a population of 26,860 as of 2010. Its urban area links Tijuana with Rosarito Beach.-External links:... |
Tijuana | 22,126 |
7 | Santa Isabel Santa Isabel, Baja California Santa Isabel – Saint Isabel – is a city in Baja California in Mexicali Municipality. The city had a population of 29,311 as of 2010. Santa Isabel is the second largest city in the municipality and part of the Mexicali metropolitan area, is located west of the capital city Mexicali. The city is... |
Mexicali | 22,007 |
8 | Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California Guadalupe Victoria, also known as the 43, is a small city in the state of Baja California in northern Mexico. Its population at the 2010 census was 17,119 inhabitants... |
Mexicali | 14,861 |
9 | San Felipe San Felipe, Baja California San Felipe is a town on the Gulf of California in the Mexican state of Baja California, 190 km south of the United States border and within the municipality of Mexicali. It also serves as a borough seat of its surrouding area.... |
Mexicali | 14,831 |
10 | Chapultepec | Ensenada | 7,055 |
12 | Puebla | Mexicali | 7,014 |
12 | Lomas de Santa Anita | Tecate | 6,877 |
13 | Ciudad Morelos | Mexicali | 6,814 |
14 | Nueva Colonia Ejido Hindu | Tecate | 6,406 |
15 | Alberto Oviedo Mota | Mexicali | 5,835 |
16 | Coahuila City | Mexicali | 5,333 |
17 | Delta | Mexicali | 5,278 |
18 | Ejido Hermosillo | Mexicali | 5,082 |
19 | Progreso | Mexicali | 5,071 |
20 | San Quintin San Quintín, Baja California San Quintín is a coastal town on the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California, in the municipio of Ensenada. San Quintín has beautiful beaches and several places for tourists to stay. Tourists can enjoy fishing, camping, bird watching, surfing, and clam digging... |
Ensenada | 5,021 |
21 | Vicente Guerrero Vicente Guerrero, Baja California Colonia Vicente Guerrero, Baja Norte, Mexico is in the San Quintin Valley. It is approximately 175 miles south of the Tijuana/San Ysidro Border Crossing. It is a mainly agricultural area, close to the beach and there are ruins of old missions in the surrounding areas.It is desert climate, but is... |
Ensenada | 4,697 |
22 | Los Algodones | Mexicali | 4,021 |
23 | Paredones | Mexicali | 3,390 |
24 | Nuevo Leon | Mexicali | 3,255 |
25 | Michoacan de Ocampo | Mexicali | 3,065 |
26 | Pueblo de Cedros Cedros Island Cedros Island is a Mexican island in the Pacific Ocean.... |
Ensenada | 2,696 |
27 | Colonia Luis Echeverria | Mexicali | 2,235 |
28 | Valle de Las Palmas Valle de Las Palmas Valle de las Palmas in English Palm Valley is located between two hamlets Espuela and Seco in the municipalities of Tijuana and Tecate, Baja California, Mexico... |
Tecate | 1,797 |
29 | La Rumorosa | Tecate | 1,615 |
30 | Andalucia | Tecate | 1,116 |
31 | Punta Colonet | Ensenada | 1,113 |
32 | Bahia de Los Ángeles Bahía de los Ángeles ' is a coastal bay on the Sea of Cortez, located along the eastern shore of the Baja California Peninsula in the state of Baja California, Mexico... |
Ensenada | 1,109 |