Playas de Rosarito Municipality

Playas de Rosarito Municipality (Spanish: Municipio de Playas de Rosarito) is located in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Baja California comprising part of the Tijuana metropolitan area. It lies just south of the city of Tijuana. Its municipal seat is the city of Rosarito. According to the 2020 census, the municipality had a population of 126,890 inhabitants.[1] Its area is 513.32 km² (198.19 sq mi).

Playas de Rosarito Municipality
Municipality
Municipio de Playas de Rosarito
Official seal of Playas de Rosarito Municipality
Seal
Motto(s): 
Un horizonte de posiblidades
(A Horizon of Possibilities)
Location of Playas de Rosarito Municipality in Baja California.
Location of Playas de Rosarito Municipality in Baja California.
Coordinates: 32°20′32″N 117°03′22″W
CountryMexico
State Baja California
Municipal seatRosarito
Largest cityRosarito
Municipality establishedJune 29, 1995
Government
 • Municipal presidentHugo Torres ( PRI)
Area
 • Total513.32 km2 (198.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total126,890
 • Density250/km2 (640/sq mi)
 Data source:[1]
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
INEGI code005
Website(in Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Playas de Rosarito
Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

History

At the end of the 18th century, Spanish Dominican missionaries and friars gave the name of El Rosario to an indigenous settlement in the area. The town was part of the mission of San Miguel Arcangel de la Frontera, located a few miles to the south. The mission was founded on March 28, 1787 by the Dominican friar Luis Sales on the banks of the San Juan Bautista stream.

Over time, the name of El Rosario became Rosarito. After the Mexican–American War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the new Mexican border lay no more than 30 km (18.5 miles) from Rosarito. This brought the development of the Rancho de la Tia Juana, which eventually grew into the city of Tijuana, the region's development hub.

Playas de Rosarito means "beaches of Rosarito".

Boroughs
  • Primo Tapia
  • Plan Libertador

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±%
201090,668—    
201596,734+6.7%
2020126,890+31.2%
[2][3][4][5]

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 126,890.[1]

As of 2010, the city of Playas de Rosarito had a population of 65,278.[6] Other than the city of Playas de Rosarito, the municipality had 358 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ampliación Ejido Plan Libertador (5,906), Primo Tapia (4,921), classified as urban, and Ciudad Morelos (2,040), Colinas del Sol (1,361), and Santa Anita (1,284), classified as rural.[6]

Other localities[6]
  • El Descanso (pop. 567)
  • Puerto Nuevo (pop. 135)
  • Santa Anita (pop. 1,284)

References
  1. "México en cifras". January 2016.
  2. "Localidades y su población por municipio según tamaño de localidad" (PDF) (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  3. "Número de habitantes". INEGI (National Institute of Statistics and Geography). Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  4. "Tabulados de la Encuesta Intercensal 2015" (xls) (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  5. "INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020. Tabulados del Cuestionario Básico – Aguascalientes" [INEGI. 2020 Population and Housing Census. Basic Questionnaire Tabulations – Aguascalientes] (Excel) (in Spanish). INEGI. 2020. pp. 1–4. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  6. "Playas de Rosarito". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved April 23, 2014.
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