The municipality (Spanish: municipio) of Ensenada is the fourth-largest municipality in Mexico with a land area of 19,526.8 km2 (7,539.3 sq mi) in 2020,[3] about the same size as Hidalgo state and larger than five Mexican states.

Ensenada Municipality
Municipio de Ensenada
Municipality of Ensenada
The Pacific coast of Ensenada Municipality
The Pacific coast of Ensenada Municipality
Flag of Ensenada Municipality
Coat of arms of Ensenada Municipality
Location of Ensenada in Baja California in 2020
Location of Ensenada in Baja California in 2020
Coordinates: 31°51′28″N 116°36′21″W / 31.8578°N 116.6058°W / 31.8578; -116.6058
CountryMexico
State Baja California
Municipal seatEnsenada
Largest cityEnsenada
Municipality established29 December 1953[2]
Government
 • Municipal presidentArmando Ayala Robles (Morena)
Area
 • Total19,526.8 km2 (7,539.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total443,807[1]
Time zoneUTC−8 (Northwest (US Pacific))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (Northwest)
INEGI code001
Website(in Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Ensenada
Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

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.[4]

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) 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.[5] Prior to this, Ensenada was the country's largest municipality. In January 2022, San Felipe separated from Ensenada and became Baja California's seventh municipality, further reducing the size of Ensenada Municipality.

Subdivisions edit

 
Administrative divisions of Ensenada Municipality.

The Ensenada municipality is administratively subdivided into 15 boroughs:

  1. Ensenada
  2. La Misión
  3. El Porvenir
  4. Francisco Zarco (Guadalupe)
  5. Real del Castillo
  6. El Sauzal
  7. Ensenada
  8. San Antonio de las Minas
  9. Maneadero
  10. Santo Tomás
  11. Eréndira
  12. San Vicente
  13. Valle de la Trinidad
  14. Punta Colonet
  15. Isla de Cedros

Demographics edit

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1990259,979—    
2000370,730+42.6%
2010466,814+25.9%
2020443,807−4.9%
From INEGI's Decennial Census.[6]

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 edit

Municipal presidents edit

Term Municipal president Political party Notes
Municipal presidents of Ensenada, Northern District of Baja California
1888-1889 Emilio Legaspy Círculo Nacional Porfirista[7]
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[8][9][10] David Ojeda Ochoa PRI  
1956-31/10/1956 Víctor Salazar PRI   Acting municipal president
01/11/1956-31/10/1959 Santos B. Cota PRI  
01/11/1959-31/10/1962 Elpidio Berlanga de León PRI  
01/11/1962-31/10/1965 Adolfo Ramírez Méndez PRI  
01/11/1965-31/10/1968 Jorge Olguín Hermida PRI  
01/11/1968-31/10/1971 Guilebaldo Silva Cota PRI  
01/11/1971-31/10/1974 Octavio Pérez Pazuengo PRI  
01/11/1974-31/10/1977 Jorge Moreno Bonet PRI  
01/11/1977-31/10/1980 Luis González Ruiz PRI  
01/11/1980-31/10/1983 Raúl Ramírez Funcke PRI  
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   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  
01/11/1992-31/10/1995 Óscar Sánchez del Palacio PAN  
01/11/1995-31/10/1998 Manuel Montenegro Espinoza PRI  
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  
Alliance for Baja California
01/11/2004-31/10/2007 César Mancillas Amador PAN  
01/11/2007-31/10/2010 Pablo Alejo López Núñez PAN  
Panal  
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  
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[11] Armando Ayala Robles Morena  
01/10/2021-[12] He was reelected on 06/06/2021

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ (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.
  3. ^ "México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Superficie continental" (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ^ Porfirist National Circle; the adjective "Porfirist" stands for the proper name of dictator Porfirio Díaz.
  8. ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Baja California. Ensenada" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Transparencia Municipal. Ayuntamiento de Ensenada" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.

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