Ensenada is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California.[4] It is the fourth-largest municipality in the country, with a land area of 19,526.8 km2 (7,539.3 sq mi) in 2020,[5] making slightly smaller than the state of Hidalgo and larger than five other Mexican states.
Ensenada Municipality
Municipio de Ensenada | |
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| Municipality of Ensenada | |
 The Pacific coast of Ensenada Municipality | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ensenada in Baja California since 2022 | |
| Coordinates: 31°31′08″N 116°00′18″W / 31.519°N 116.005°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State |  Baja California |
| Municipal seat | Ensenada |
| Largest city | Ensenada |
| Municipality established | 29 December 1953[2] |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Claudia Agatón Muñiz (Morena) |
| Area | |
• Total | 19,526.8 km2 (7,539.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 443,807[1] |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Northwest (US Pacific)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (Northwest) |
| INEGI code | 001 |
| Website | (in Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Ensenada |
| Source: National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development (Inafed) Former website inaccessible. It was substituted. National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development (Inafed)[3] | |
Located offshore, Cedros Island and Guadalupe Island are part of the municipality, making Ensenada the westernmost municipality in Mexico and Latin America.
Incorporated on May 15, 1882 as the northern partido of the Baja California Territory, it became a municipality of the state of Baja California on December 29, 1953.[6]
The municipality shares borders with every other municipality in the state: Tijuana, Playas de Rosarito and Tecate to the north, Mexicali and San Felipe to the east and southeast and San Quintín to the south. Its municipal seat is Ensenada, a port lying near the northwest corner of the municipality.
Ensenada's current (as of 2020[update]) municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) is Armando Ayala Robles. A major port is planned to be built in Punta Colonet, a largely uninhabited area 80 km (50 mi) south of the city of Ensenada.
In February 2020, San Quintín separated from Ensenada and became Baja California's sixth municipality.[7] Prior to this, Ensenada was the country's largest municipality. In January 2022, Puertecitos separated from Ensenada to San Felipe and became Baja California's seventh municipality, further reducing the size of Ensenada Municipality.
Subdivisions
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The Ensenada municipality is administratively subdivided into 17 boroughs:
- Ensenada
- La Misión
- El Porvenir
- Francisco Zarco (Guadalupe)
- San Antonio de las Minas
- El Sauzal
- Real del Castillo
- Maneadero
- Santo Tomás
- Eréndira
- San Vicente
- Valle de la Trinidad
- Colonet
- Isla de Cedros
- Sector Centro
- Sector Noroeste
- Chapultepec
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 259,979 | — |
| 2000 | 370,730 | +42.6% |
| 2010 | 466,814 | +25.9% |
| 2020 | 443,807 | −4.9% |
| From INEGI's Decennial Census.[8] | ||
As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 443,807 in 1,698 localities.[1]
Ensenada, the seat, has 330,652 residents, and the following are the largest urban communities:
- Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (Maneadero) (27,969)
- El Sauzal de Rodríguez (11,371)
- El Zorrillo (8,522)
- San Vicente (5,062)
- Valle de Guadalupe (4,334)
- Valle de la Trinidad (3,381)
- Punta Colonet (3,095)
- Ojos Negros (2,707)
- Poblado Héroes de Chapultepec (2,360).
Government
editMunicipal presidents
edit| Term | Municipal president | Political party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal presidents of Ensenada, Northern District of Baja California | |||
| 1888-1889 | Emilio Legaspy | Círculo Nacional Porfirista[9] | |
| 1889 | Ricardo P. Eaton | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1889 | Juan F. Montenegro | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | Acting municipal president |
| 1889-1891 | Rodolfo F. Nieto | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1891-1896 | Ismael Sánchez | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1896-1897 | José María Obando | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1897-1901 | Carlos A. Guijosa | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1901 | Alejandro Guerrero y Porres | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1901-1902 | Enrique Ferniza | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | Acting municipal president |
| 1902-1903 | Alejandro Guerrero y Porres | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | Resumed |
| 1903-1907 | Eulogio Romero | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1907-1911 | Manuel Labastida Castro | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| Municipal presidents of Ensenada, Northern Territory of Baja California | |||
| 1911-1915 | David Zárate Zazueta | ||
| 1915-1916 | Eugenie G. Beraud | ||
| 1916-1920 | Antonio Ptacnik | ||
| 1920-1921 | Othón P. Blanco | ||
| 1921 | Ramón Moyron, Jr. | ||
| 1921-1922 | David Zárate Zazueta | ||
| 1922-1923 | Ramón Moyron, Jr. | ||
| 1923-1924 | Luis G. Beltrán | ||
| 1924 | Andrés E. Núñez | ||
| 1924-1925 | Percy Hussong | ||
| 1925-1926 | Gustavo Appel | ||
| 1926-1927 | Manuel Robles Linares | ||
| Municipal Council | |||
| 1927-1928 | Daniel Goldbaum | First councilman | |
| Delegation of Government | |||
| 1928 | Daniel Goldbaum | First delegate | |
| 1929-1932 | David Zárate Zazueta | PNR  |
Second delegate |
| 1932-1936 | Antonio Ortiz Ortega | PNR |
Third delegate |
| 1936-1944 | Juan Julio Dunn Legaspy | PNR PRM  |
Fourth delegate |
| 1944-1945 | Braulio Maldonado Sánchez | PRM |
Fifth delegate |
| Constitutionally elected municipal presidents | |||
| 01/12/1953-1956[10][11] | David Ojeda Ochoa | PRI .svg){kind=logo} |
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| 1956-31/10/1956 | Víctor Salazar | PRI |
Acting municipal president |
| 01/11/1956-31/10/1959 | Santos B. Cota | PRI |
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| 01/11/1959-31/10/1962 | Elpidio Berlanga de León | PRI |
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| 01/11/1962-31/10/1965 | Adolfo Ramírez Méndez | PRI |
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| 01/11/1965-31/10/1968 | Jorge Olguín Hermida | PRI |
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| 01/11/1968-31/10/1971 | Guilebaldo Silva Cota | PRI |
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| 01/11/1971-31/10/1974 | Octavio Pérez Pazuengo | PRI |
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| 01/11/1974-31/10/1977 | Jorge Moreno Bonet | PRI |
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| 01/11/1977-31/10/1980 | Luis González Ruiz | PRI |
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| 01/11/1980-31/10/1983 | Raúl Ramírez Funcke | PRI |
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| 01/11/1983-31/10/1986 | David Ojeda Ochoa | Socialist Workers' Party, PST  |
First municipal president out of an opposition party |
| 01/11/1986-19/04/1989 | Ernesto Ruffo Appel | PAN .svg){kind=logo} |
He applied for a temporary leave in order to run for the state governor office, which he got |
| 20/04/1989-31/10/1989 | Enrique Chapela Zapién | PAN |
Acting municipal president |
| 01/11/1989-31/10/1992 | Jesús del Palacio Lafontaine | PAN |
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| 01/11/1992-31/10/1995[12] | Óscar Sánchez del Palacio | PAN |
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| 01/11/1995-31/10/1998 | Manuel Montenegro Espinoza | PRI |
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| 01/11/1998-2001 | Daniel Quintero Peña | PRI |
He applied for a temporary leave in order to seek the state governor office, which he didn't get |
| 2001-31/10/2001 | Ricardo Arjona Goldbaum | PRI |
Acting municipal president |
| 01/11/2001-31/10/2004 | Jorge Antonio Catalán Sosa | PAN PVEM .svg){kind=small} |
Alliance for Baja California |
| 01/11/2004-31/10/2007 | César Mancillas Amador | PAN |
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| 01/11/2007-31/10/2010 | Pablo Alejo López Núñez | PAN Panal .svg){kind=small} PES  |
Alliance for Baja California |
| 01/11/2010-31/10/2013 | Enrique Pelayo Torres | PRI PVEM |
Coalition For a Responsible Government |
| 01/11/2013-31/10/2016 | Gilberto Hirata Chico | PRI PT .svg){kind=logo} PVEM PES |
Coalition Compromise for Baja California |
| 01/11/2016-30/09/2019 | Marco Antonio Novelo Osuna | PRI PT PVEM Panal |
Coalition PRI-PT-PVEM-Panal |
| 01/10/2019-30/09/2021[13] | Armando Ayala Robles | Morena  |
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| 01/10/2021-30/09/2024[14] | He was reelected on 06/06/2021 | ||
| 01/10/2024- | Claudia Agatón Muñiz | ||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ (in Spanish) pp. 78–79, La Transformación de Baja California en Estado, 1931–1952 Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Lawrence Douglas Taylor Hansen, Estudios Fronterizos, 1, No. 1 (January–June 2000), UABC, Mexicali, pp. 47–87.
- ^ "National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development (Inafed). On the left column, please click on "Ficha Básica". Then, from the drop-down menu, select "Municipal", and then please select "Datos Generales". Search for the state or federal entity and then the desired municipality. Baja California. Ensenada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "Ensenada" (in Spanish). Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Archived from the original on 24 February 2007.
- ^ "México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Superficie continental" (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ Estado de Baja California. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-970-13-1487-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "San Quintín will be the sixth municipality in Baja California" (in Spanish). El Financiero. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Porfirist National Circle; the adjective "Porfirist" stands for the proper name of dictator Porfirio Díaz.
- ^ "Alcaldes de Ensenada (Mayors of Ensenada)". El Vigía (in Spanish). 7 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Transparencia Municipal. Ayuntamiento de Ensenada" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development (Inafed). On the left column, please click on "Información Histórica". Then, from the drop-down menu, select "Presidentes Municipales". Search for the state or federal entity and then the desired municipality. Baja California. Ensenada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "Confirma Ayala Robles que no pedirá licencia; Ayala Robles confirms that he will not apply for a leave". El Vigía (in Spanish). 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Instituto Estatal Electoral. Baja California. Acta de Cómputo de Entidad Federativa de la Elección para el Ayuntamiento de Ensenada" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
References
edit- Ensenada: Its background, founding, and early development http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/84winter/ensenada.htm Archived 20 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spanish) Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- (in Spanish) Los Municipios con Mayor y Menor Extensión Territorial Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal
- (in Spanish) Subdivisions (delegaciones)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ensenada Municipality.
- (in Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Ensenada Official government website.
- (in English) Property frenzy in Baja California, Diane Lindquist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 April 2006. Article on planned port construction at Punta Colonet.