Ensenada Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California

Municipality in Baja California, Mexico

Ensenada Municipality

Municipio de Ensenada

Municipality

Municipality of Ensenada

The Pacific coast of Ensenada Municipality

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Location of Ensenada in Baja California since 2022

Coordinates: 31°31′08″N 116°00′18″W﻿ / ﻿31.519°N 116.005°W﻿ / 31.519; -116.005
Country| Mexico
State|  Baja California
Municipal seat| Ensenada
Largest city| Ensenada
Municipality established| 29 December 1953[2]
Government

• Municipal president| Armando Ayala Robles (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: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Ensenada is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. 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,[3] making slightly smaller than the state of Hidalgo and larger than five other Mexican states.

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[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.[5] 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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Administrative divisions of Ensenada Municipality.

The Ensenada municipality is administratively subdivided into 17 boroughs:

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

## Demographics

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

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1990| 259,979| —
2000| 370,730| +42.6%
2010| 466,814| +25.9%
2020| 443,807| −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

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### Municipal presidents

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Term  | Municipal president  | Political party  | Notes

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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

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* Punta Colonet, Baja California
* Maneadero

## Notes

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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.

## References

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* 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.

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