Punta Colonet
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Punta Colonet Chuwílo Ksaay |
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 Punta Colonet
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| Coordinates: 31°04′24″N 116°12′28″W / 31.07333°N 116.20778°WCoordinates: 31°04′24″N 116°12′28″W / 31.07333°N 116.20778°W | |
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 Mexico
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| State | Baja California |
| Municipality | Ensenada |
| Elevation | 157 ft (48 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 3,278 |
| • Urban | 3,278 |
| Time zone | Northwest US Pacific (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | Northwest (UTC-7) |
Punta Colonet (Chuwílo Ksaay (dry arroyo) in the Kiliwa language), 115 km south of Ensenada on Mexican Federal Highway 1, 30 km north of Camalú, Baja California, is one of the most productive agricultural areas in Mexico's Baja California peninsula. Technically, it is a geographic feature, a cape, but the area has two communities: Ejido México (aka Ejido Punta Colonet), and Ejido 27 de Enero, on opposite sides of the Colonet Creek (Arroyo Colonet), part of Ensenada Municipality. Its proximity to Mexican Federal Highway 1 and the United States have spurred the growth of large commercial farming in the area. Punta Colonet is a beautiful, unspoiled area where orchards and farms run right to the ocean's edge. The point, nearby town, bay, and cape are reputedly named after Captain James Colnett, a British sea captain who explored this section of the Pacific coast in the late 18th century. There has been tremendous growth in the region over the last five years. The population has grown from 2,346 in 2000 Census to 3,278 in 2010 Census for Ejido Colonet, with 27 de Enero home to 474 people in 2010.
During Prohibition, the Canadian rum-runner Malahat allegedly anchored off Cape Colnett as a mother ship, providing liquor which was smuggled north to San Diego.
There is a proposal to turn the bay (Bahía Colonet) near Punta Colonet, a desolate and sparsely inhabited inlet, into a multibillion-dollar deep water mega-container port able to handle next-generation vessels. The mega-port will cover 3,000 hectares which is more than 7,000 acres, making it as large as the U.S. ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach combined. The projected multimodal maritime center would make Punta Colonet the largest port in Mexico and the third-largest in the world, after Singapore and Hong Kong. The project will require a new power plant and a desalination plant. The port will also require a 300-kilometre-plus (190 mi) rail line from the Port to reach the United States border and an intermodal facility.
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