Ensenada Municipality

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
Municipality of Ensenada
The Pacific coast of Ensenada Municipality
The Pacific coast of Ensenada Municipality
Flag of Ensenada Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Ensenada Municipality
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Location of Ensenada in Baja California in 2020
Location of Ensenada in Baja California in 2020
Coordinates: 31.8578°N 116.6058°W / 31.8578; -116.6058
CountryMexico
State Baja California
Municipal seatEnsenada
Largest cityEnsenada
Municipality established29 December 1953[1]
Government
 • Municipal presidentArmando Ayala Robles (Morena)
Area
 • Total19,526.8 km2 (7,539.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total443,807[2]
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
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
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.[2]

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

Municipal presidents
Term Municipal president Political party Notes
Municipal presidents of Ensenada, Northern District of Baja California
1888-1889Emilio LegaspyCírculo Nacional Porfirista[7]
1889Ricardo P. EatonCírculo Nacional Porfirista
1889Juan F. MontenegroCírculo Nacional PorfiristaActing municipal president
1889-1891Rodolfo F. NietoCírculo Nacional Porfirista
1891-1896Ismael SánchezCírculo Nacional Porfirista
1896-1897José María ObandoCírculo Nacional Porfirista
1897-1901Carlos A. GuijosaCírculo Nacional Porfirista
1901Alejandro Guerrero y PorresCírculo Nacional Porfirista
1901-1902Enrique FernizaCírculo Nacional PorfiristaActing municipal president
1902-1903Alejandro Guerrero y PorresCírculo Nacional PorfiristaResumed
1903-1907Eulogio RomeroCírculo Nacional Porfirista
1907-1911Manuel Labastida CastroCírculo Nacional Porfirista
Municipal presidents of Ensenada, Northern Territory of Baja California
1911-1915David Zárate Zazueta
1915-1916Eugenie G. Beraud
1916-1920Antonio Ptacnik
1920-1921Othón P. Blanco
1921Ramón Moyron, Jr.
1921-1922David Zárate Zazueta
1922-1923Ramón Moyron, Jr.
1923-1924Luis G. Beltrán
1924Andrés E. Núñez
1924-1925Percy Hussong
1925-1926Gustavo Appel
1926-1927Manuel Robles Linares
Municipal Council
1927-1928Daniel GoldbaumFirst councilman
Delegation of Government
1928Daniel GoldbaumFirst delegate
1929-1932David Zárate ZazuetaPNR Second delegate
1932-1936Antonio Ortiz OrtegaPNR Third delegate
1936-1944Juan Julio Dunn LegaspyPNR
PRM 		Fourth delegate
1944-1945Braulio Maldonado SánchezPRM Fifth delegate
Constitutionally elected municipal presidents
01/12/1953-1956[8][9][10]David Ojeda OchoaPRI
1956-31/10/1956Víctor SalazarPRI Acting municipal president
01/11/1956-31/10/1959Santos B. CotaPRI
01/11/1959-31/10/1962Elpidio Berlanga de LeónPRI
01/11/1962-31/10/1965Adolfo Ramírez MéndezPRI
01/11/1965-31/10/1968Jorge Olguín HermidaPRI
01/11/1968-31/10/1971Guilebaldo Silva CotaPRI
01/11/1971-31/10/1974Octavio Pérez PazuengoPRI
01/11/1974-31/10/1977Jorge Moreno BonetPRI
01/11/1977-31/10/1980Luis González RuizPRI
01/11/1980-31/10/1983Raúl Ramírez FunckePRI
01/11/1983-31/10/1986David Ojeda OchoaSocialist Workers' Party, PST First municipal president out of an opposition party
01/11/1986-19/04/1989Ernesto Ruffo AppelPAN He applied for a temporary leave in order to run for the state governor office, which he got
20/04/1989-31/10/1989Enrique Chapela ZapiénPAN Acting municipal president
01/11/1989-31/10/1992Jesús del Palacio LafontainePAN
01/11/1992-31/10/1995Óscar Sánchez del PalacioPAN
01/11/1995-31/10/1998Manuel Montenegro EspinozaPRI
01/11/1998-2001Daniel Quintero PeñaPRI He applied for a temporary leave in order to seek the state governor office, which he didn't get
2001-31/10/2001Ricardo Arjona GoldbaumPRI Acting municipal president
01/11/2001-31/10/2004Jorge Antonio Catalán SosaPAN
PVEM 		Alliance for Baja California
01/11/2004-31/10/2007César Mancillas AmadorPAN
01/11/2007-31/10/2010Pablo Alejo López NúñezPAN
Panal
PES 		Alliance for Baja California
01/11/2010-31/10/2013Enrique Pelayo TorresPRI
PVEM 		Coalition For a Responsible Government
01/11/2013-31/10/2016Gilberto Hirata ChicoPRI PT
PVEM PES 		Coalition Compromise for Baja California
01/11/2016-30/09/2019Marco Antonio Novelo OsunaPRI 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

Notes
  1. (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.
  2. "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  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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