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Tijuana Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California.Its municipal seat is located in the city of Tijuana.According to the 2020 census, the municipality had a population of 1,922,523. [2]
Baja California, [a] [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, [c] is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California ( Territorio Norte de Baja California ).
According to the 2020 Mexican census, Baja California is the 13th most populous state with 3,769,020 inhabitants and the 12th largest by land area spanning 73,290.08 square kilometres (28,297.46 sq mi). [1] [2] Municipalities in Baja California are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution ...
14 October - Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023: An annular solar eclipse is visible the Western U.S., Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil and was the 44th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 134. [20] 21 October - Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur.
Tecate (Spanish: ⓘ) is a city in Tecate Municipality, Baja California.It is across the Mexico–US border from Tecate, California.As of 2019, the city had a population of 108,860 inhabitants, [1] while the metropolitan area has a population of 132,406 inhabitants. [1]
The municipality is situated in the San Felipe Desert, which is located in the rain shadow formed by the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir to its west, and is the most arid region of North America. [3] Picacho del Diablo, the highest point in Baja California at 3,095 metres (10,154 ft), lies within the municipality. [4]
Beginning in 1939, several political groups that promoted the conversion of the Baja territory into a state of Mexico were created. On 15 November 1951, President Miguel Alemán Valdés sent Congress a proposed amendment to Articles 43 and 45 of the constitution to transform the Territory of Baja California Norte into the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California.
The governor of Baja California represents the executive branch of the government of the state of Baja California, Mexico, per the state's constitution.The official title is "Free and Sovereign State of Baja California" (Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), and the position is democratically elected for a period of 6 years, and is not re-electable.