Tijuana, Mexico
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| City of Tijuana | ||
A view of Tijuana
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| Nickname(s): T.J. Gateway to Mexico A Heart Between Two Seas |
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| Motto: Aquí empieza la patria (The fatherland begins here) | ||
 Tijuana
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| Coordinates: 32°31′30″N 117°02′0″W / 32.52500°N 117.03333°W | ||
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 Mexico
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 Baja California
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| Municipality | Tijuana | |
| Founded | July 11, 1889 | |
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| • Type | Ayuntamiento | |
| • Municipal President | Juan Manuel Gastélum (PAN) | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 637 km2 (246 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 1,392.5 km2 (537.9 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 20 m (65 ft) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • City | 1,696,923 | |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 1,895,797 | |
| • Metro density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Tijuanan | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC−8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | |
| Postal code | 22000-22699 | |
| Area code(s) | + 52 664 | |
| Website | http://www.tijuana.gob.mx | |
Tijuana (/tiːˈwɑːnə/ tee-WHAH-nə; Spanish: [tiˈxwana]) is the largest city in Baja California and on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. As an industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics. As the city has become a leading center in the country, so has the surrounding metropolitan area, a major industrial and paramount metropolis in northwestern Mexico. Currently one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in Mexico, Tijuana maintains global city status. As of 2015[update], the city of Tijuana had a population of 1,696,923.
Tijuana is located on the Gold Coast of Baja California, and is the municipal seat and cultural and commercial center of Tijuana Municipality. Tijuana covers 70% of the municipality but contains over 80% of its population. A dominant manufacturing center of the North American continent, the city maintains facilities of many multinational conglomerate companies. In the early 21st century, Tijuana became the medical-device manufacturing capital of North America. Tijuana is also a growing cultural center and has been recognized as an important new cultural mecca. The city is the most visited border city in the globe; sharing a border of about 24 km (15 mi) with its sister city San Diego. More than fifty million people cross the border between these two cities every year. This metropolitan crossing makes the San Ysidro Port of Entry the busiest land-border crossing in the world. It is estimated that the two border crossing stations between the cities proper of San Diego and Tijuana account for 300,000 daily border crossings alone.
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