Ensenada Municipality

The municipality (Spaingie: municipio) o Ensenada, wi a land aurie o 52,482.40 km2 (20,263.57 sq mi), taks up the majority o the state o Baja California. It is the lairgest in Mexico bi aurie an the Americas. It contains aw o Baja California apairt frae a strip at the north an, at the northeast extremity o the state, the municipality o Mexicali. It is bordered bi the Paceefic Ocean on the wast, the Sea o Cortez on the east, an bi aw o the ither municipalities in Baja California on the north. Its municipal seat (Spaingie: cabecera municipal) is Ensenada 31°51′28″N 116°36′21″W, which lees near the northwast corner o the municipality, awtho amaist aw o the municipality's territory lees far tae its sootheast. Its current (as o 2012) municipal preses (Spaingie: presidente municipal) is Pablo Alejo López Núñez o the PAN. A major port is planned tae be biggit in Punta Colonet, a lairgely uninhabitit aurie 80 km (50 mi) sooth o the ceety o Ensenada. Locatit affshore, Guadalupe Island is pairt o the municipality, makkin Ensenada the wastmaist municipality o Laitin Americae. In 2010 the municipality haed a population o 466,814 indwallers. The 2005 census recordit 413,481 indwallers. Subdiveesions Ensenada municipality is admeenistratively subdividit intae 26 burghs (Spaingie: delegaciones), o which Ensenada an Chapultepec form the ceety o Ensenada, the municipal seat: La Mision - Borough seat: La Misión El Porvenir Francisco Zarco (Guadalupe) Real del Castillo El Sauzal Ensenada - Burgh seat: Ensenada, municipal seat (Spaingie: cabecera municipal) San Antonio de las Minas Chapultepec Maneadero (wi subdelegación Esteban Cantú) Santo Tomás Erendira - Burgh seat: Eréndira San Vicente Ojos Negros Primo Tapia Valle de la Trinidad Punta Colonet - Burgh seat: Punta Colonet Camalu - Burgh seat: Camalú Vicente Guerrero San Quintin - Burgh seat: San Quintín El Rosario - Burgh seat: El Rosario Puerecitos - Burgh seat: Puertecitos El Marmol Punta Prieta - Burgh seat: Punta Prieta Bahía de los Angeles Calmallí (Villa Jesús María) Isla de Cedros Major commonties The 2010 census leets 1,709 populatit places (localidades) athin the municipality, but this includes solitary ranches an hooses wi a population o juist a few or even anerlie ane person. Thare wur 476 places that haed a population o 10 or mair, an 120 hae a population o 100 or mair. Thare wur an additional 1,216 unpopulatit localities enumeratit. The lairgest places are, wi population figurs as o 2010: See an aw Additional Information [1] Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Punta Colonet, Baja California Notes References Ensenada: Its background, founding, an early development http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/84winter/ensenada.htm Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Spaingie) Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 Archived 2013-05-10 at the Wayback Machine INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (in Spaingie) Los Municipios con Mayor y Menor Extensión Territorial Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (in Spaingie) Subdivisions (delegaciones) Archived 2006-10-28 at the Wayback Machine Freemit airtins (in Spaingie) Ayuntamiento de Ensenada Archived 2008-05-03 at the Wayback Machine Offeecial govrenment wabsteid. (in Inglis) Property frenzy in Baja California, Diane Lindquist, San Diego Union-Tribune, Apryle 24, 2006. Article on planned port construction at Punta Colonet.