Ensenada Municipality
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Ensenada Municipality Municipio de Ensenada |
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| Municipality of Ensenada | ||
The Pacific coast of Ensenada Municipality
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 Location of Ensenada in Baja California |
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| Coordinates: 30°00′N 115°30′W / 30°N 115.5°WCoordinates: 30°00′N 115°30′W / 30°N 115.5°W | ||
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 Mexico
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 Baja California
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| Municipal seat | Ensenada | |
| Largest city | Ensenada | |
| Municipality established | December 29, 1953 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal president | Gilberto Antonio Hirata Chico (PRI) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 52,482.4 km2 (20,263.6 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 466,814 | |
| • Density | 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi) | |
| Data source: INEGI 2010 Census | ||
| Time zone | PST (UTC−8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | |
| INEGI code | 001 | |
| Website | (Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Ensenada | |
| Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México | ||
The municipality (Spanish: municipio) of Ensenada, with a land area of 52,482.40 km2 (20,263.57 sq mi), takes up the majority of the state of Baja California. It is the largest municipality in Mexico and in the Americas by area. It contains all of Baja California apart from a strip at the north and, at the northeast extremity of the state, the municipality of Mexicali. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Gulf of California on the east, and by all of the other municipalities in Baja California on the North. Its municipal seat (Spanish: cabecera municipal) is Ensenada (31°51′28″N 116°36′21″W / 31.85778°N 116.60583°W), which lies near the northwest corner of the municipality, although almost all of the municipality's territory lies far to its southeast. Its current (as of 2009[update]) municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) is Enrique Pelayo Torres. 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. Located offshore, Guadalupe Island is part of the municipality, making Ensenada the westernmost municipality of Latin America.
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