Ensenada Municipality
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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.[3]
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.
In 2009 a massive project was announced to build what would be Mexico's largest port in Punta Colonet, a largely uninhabited area Script error: No such module "convert". south of the city of Ensenada, but as of 2025 no construction has begun.
In February 2020, San Quintín separated from Ensenada and became Baja California's sixth municipality.[4] Prior to this, Ensenada was the country's largest municipality. In January 2022, Puertecitos separated from Ensenada to San Felipe and became Baja California's seventh municipality, further reducing the size of Ensenada Municipality.
Subdivisions
The Ensenada municipality is administratively subdivided into 17 boroughs:
- Ensenada
- La Misión
- El Porvenir
- Francisco Zarco (Guadalupe)
- San Antonio de las Minas
- El Sauzal
- Real del Castillo
- Maneadero
- Santo Tomás
- Eréndira
- San Vicente
- Valle de la Trinidad
- Colonet
- Isla de Cedros
- Sector Centro
- Sector Noroeste
- Chapultepec
Demographics
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Ensenada, the seat, has 330,652 residents, and the following are the largest urban communities:
- Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (Maneadero) (27,969)
- El Sauzal de Rodríguez (11,371)
- El Zorrillo (8,522)
- San Vicente (5,062)
- Valle de Guadalupe (4,334)
- Valle de la Trinidad (3,381)
- Punta Colonet (3,095)
- Ojos Negros (2,707)
- Poblado Héroes de Chapultepec (2,360).
Government
Municipal presidents
| Term | Municipal president | Political party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal presidents of Ensenada, Northern District of Baja California | |||
| 1888-1889 | Emilio Legaspy | Círculo Nacional Porfirista[6] | |
| 1889 | Ricardo P. Eaton | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1889 | Juan F. Montenegro | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | Acting municipal president |
| 1889-1891 | Rodolfo F. Nieto | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1891-1896 | Ismael Sánchez | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1896-1897 | José María Obando | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1897-1901 | Carlos A. Guijosa | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1901 | Alejandro Guerrero y Porres | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1901-1902 | Enrique Ferniza | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | Acting municipal president |
| 1902-1903 | Alejandro Guerrero y Porres | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | Resumed |
| 1903-1907 | Eulogio Romero | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| 1907-1911 | Manuel Labastida Castro | Círculo Nacional Porfirista | |
| Municipal presidents of Ensenada, Northern Territory of Baja California | |||
| 1911-1915 | David Zárate Zazueta | ||
| 1915-1916 | Eugenie G. Beraud | ||
| 1916-1920 | Antonio Ptacnik | ||
| 1920-1921 | Othón P. Blanco | ||
| 1921 | Ramón Moyron, Jr. | ||
| 1921-1922 | David Zárate Zazueta | ||
| 1922-1923 | Ramón Moyron, Jr. | ||
| 1923-1924 | Luis G. Beltrán | ||
| 1924 | Andrés E. Núñez | ||
| 1924-1925 | Percy Hussong | ||
| 1925-1926 | Gustavo Appel | ||
| 1926-1927 | Manuel Robles Linares | ||
| Municipal Council | |||
| 1927-1928 | Daniel Goldbaum | First councilman | |
| Delegation of Government | |||
| 1928 | Daniel Goldbaum | First delegate | |
| 1929-1932 | David Zárate Zazueta | PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | Second delegate |
| 1932-1936 | Antonio Ortiz Ortega | PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg | Third delegate |
| 1936-1944 | Juan Julio Dunn Legaspy | PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg PRM File:Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg |
Fourth delegate |
| 1944-1945 | Braulio Maldonado Sánchez | PRM File:Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg | Fifth delegate |
| Constitutionally elected municipal presidents | |||
| 01/12/1953-1956[7][8] | David Ojeda Ochoa | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 1956-31/10/1956 | Víctor Salazar | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | Acting municipal president |
| 01/11/1956-31/10/1959 | Santos B. Cota | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1959-31/10/1962 | Elpidio Berlanga de León | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1962-31/10/1965 | Adolfo Ramírez Méndez | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1965-31/10/1968 | Jorge Olguín Hermida | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1968-31/10/1971 | Guilebaldo Silva Cota | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1971-31/10/1974 | Octavio Pérez Pazuengo | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1974-31/10/1977 | Jorge Moreno Bonet | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1977-31/10/1980 | Luis González Ruiz | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1980-31/10/1983 | Raúl Ramírez Funcke | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1983-31/10/1986 | David Ojeda Ochoa | Socialist Workers' Party, PST File:Emblema PST Mexico.svg | First municipal president out of an opposition party |
| 01/11/1986-19/04/1989 | Ernesto Ruffo Appel | PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg | He applied for a temporary leave in order to run for the state governor office, which he got |
| 20/04/1989-31/10/1989 | Enrique Chapela Zapién | PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg | Acting municipal president |
| 01/11/1989-31/10/1992 | Jesús del Palacio Lafontaine | PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1992-31/10/1995[9] | Óscar Sánchez del Palacio | PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1995-31/10/1998 | Manuel Montenegro Espinoza | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/1998-2001 | Daniel Quintero Peña | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | He applied for a temporary leave in order to seek the state governor office, which he didn't get |
| 2001-31/10/2001 | Ricardo Arjona Goldbaum | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg | Acting municipal president |
| 01/11/2001-31/10/2004 | Jorge Antonio Catalán Sosa | PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg PVEM File:PVE logo (Mexico).svg |
Alliance for Baja California |
| 01/11/2004-31/10/2007 | César Mancillas Amador | PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/11/2007-31/10/2010 | Pablo Alejo López Núñez | PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg Panal File:PNA Party (Mexico).svg PES File:PartidoEncuentroSocial.jpg |
Alliance for Baja California |
| 01/11/2010-31/10/2013 | Enrique Pelayo Torres | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg PVEM File:PVE logo (Mexico).svg |
Coalition For a Responsible Government |
| 01/11/2013-31/10/2016 | Gilberto Hirata Chico | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg PT File:PT logo (Mexico).svg PVEM File:PVE logo (Mexico).svg PES File:PartidoEncuentroSocial.jpg |
Coalition Compromise for Baja California |
| 01/11/2016-30/09/2019 | Marco Antonio Novelo Osuna | PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg PT File:PT logo (Mexico).svg PVEM File:PVE logo (Mexico).svg Panal File:PNA Party (Mexico).svg |
Coalition PRI-PT-PVEM-Panal |
| 01/10/2019-30/09/2021[10] | Armando Ayala Robles | Morena File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg | |
| 01/10/2021-30/09/2024[11] | He was reelected on 06/06/2021 | ||
| 01/10/2024- | Claudia Agatón Muñiz | ||
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See also
Notes
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References
- Ensenada: Its background, founding, and early development http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/84winter/ensenada.htm Template:Webarchive
- Template:In lang Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Template:In lang Los Municipios con Mayor y Menor Extensión Territorial Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal
- Template:In lang Subdivisions (delegaciones)
External links
- Template:In lang Ayuntamiento de Ensenada Official government website.
- Template:In lang Property frenzy in Baja California, Diane Lindquist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 April 2006. Article on planned port construction at Punta Colonet.
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