Ensenada Municipality


The municipality of Ensenada, with a land area of, is the largest municipality in Mexico by area. The municipality takes up 72.6% of the land area of Baja California but is home to only 14.7% of the population. It shares borders with Baja California's four other municipalities to the north and northeast as well as with Mulegé Municipality in Baja California Sur to the south. Its municipal seat is Ensenada, which lies 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. Located offshore, Guadalupe Island is part of the municipality, making Ensenada the westernmost municipality in Mexico.
In 2015 the municipality had a population of 486,639, up from 466,814 in 2010 and 413,481 in 2005.

Subdivisions

Territorially massive Ensenada municipality is administratively subdivided into 23 boroughs, of which Ensenada is the municipal seat:
  1. La Mision - Borough seat: La Misión
  2. El Porvenir
  3. Francisco Zarco
  4. Real del Castillo
  5. El Sauzal
  6. Ensenada
  7. San Antonio de las Minas
  8. Maneadero
  9. Santo Tomás
  10. Erendira - Borough seat: Eréndira
  11. San Vicente
  12. Valle de la Trinidad
  13. Punta Colonet - Borough seat: Punta Colonet
  14. Camalu - Borough seat: Camalú
  15. Vicente Guerrero
  16. San Quintin - Borough seat: San Quintín
  17. El Rosario - Borough seat: El Rosario
  18. Puertecitos - Borough seat: Puertecitos
  19. El Marmol
  20. Punta Prieta - Borough seat: Punta Prieta
  21. Bahía de los Ángeles
  22. Calmallí
  23. Isla de Cedros

    Demographics

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 466,814.
As of 2010, the city of Ensenada had a population of 279,765. Other than the city of Ensenada, the municipality had 3,245 localities, the largest of which were:
Classified as urban:
Classified as rural: