Municipality of Mexicali

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Mexicali is a municipio (municipality) in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its cabecera (municipal seat) is located in the city of Mexicali. According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 764,602 inhabitants. It reached 855,962 in 2005.

The city was founded in 1903 and its name comes from MEXico and CALIfornia, as is Calexico, California across the border, having the characteristic of being the only pair of border cities where the Mexican one is the larger and dominant one in the region.

1 Subdivisions
2 Major towns
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Subdivisions

Mexicali municipality is administratively subdivided into 14 delegaciones (boroughs) beside the municipal seat:

Mexicali, cabecera municipal (municipal seat)

Los Algodones, located in the Valley Zone.
Bataquez, located in the Valley Zone.
Cerro Prieto, located in the Urban Zone, is part of the Mexicali metropolitan area.
Venustiano Carranza, located in the Valley Zone.
Ciudad Morelos, informally known as Cuervos, located in the Valley Zone.
Colonias Nuevas, informally known as Km 57, located in the Valley Zone.
Progreso, located in the Urban Zone, is part of the Mexicali metropolitan area.
Ejido Hermosillo, located in the Valley Zone.
Estación Delta, located in the Valley Zone.
Guadalupe Victoria, informally known as Km 43, located in the Valley Zone.
González Ortega, informally known as Palaco, located in the Urban Zone, is part of the Mexicali metropolitan area.
Hechicera, located in the Valley Zone.
San Felipe, located in the Coastal Zone, at south in the Gulf of California.
Benito Juárez, informally known as Tecolotes, located in the Valley Zone.