Ensenada Municipality
The municipality () of Ensenada is the fourth-largest municipality in Mexico with a land area of in 2020, about the same size as Hidalgo state and larger than five Mexican states. Located offshore, Cedros Island and Guadalupe Island are part of the municipality, making Ensenada the westernmost municipality in Mexico and Latin America. Incorporated on May 15, 1882 as the northern partido of the Baja California Territory, it became a municipality of the state of Baja California on December 29, 1953. The municipality shares borders with every other municipality in the state: Tijuana, Playas de Rosarito and Tecate  to the north, Mexicali and San Felipe to the east and southeast and San Quintín to the south. Its municipal seat is Ensenada, a port lying near the northwest corner of the municipality. Ensenada's current () municipal president () is Armando Ayala Robles. A major port is planned to be built in Punta Colonet, a largely uninhabited area south of the city of Ensenada. In February 2020, San Quintín separated from Ensenada and became Baja California's sixth municipality. Prior to this, Ensenada was the country's largest municipality. In January 2022, San Felipe separated from Ensenada and became Baja California 's seventh municipality, further reducing the size of Ensenada Municipality. Subdivisions. The Ensenada municipality is administratively subdivided into 16 boroughs: Demographics. As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 443,807 in 1,698 localities. Ensenada, the seat, has 330,652 residents, and the following are the largest urban communities: