Tijuana is the largest city in the state of Baja California, Mexico. Tijuana is also the most northerly city in Latin America. It is known as the corner of Mexico and consequently of Latin America. The city is bordered to the north 41 kilometers by the county of San Diego, California, United States; to the south, by the municipalities of Playas de Rosarito and Ensenada; with the municipality of Tecate to the east; and to the west, by the Pacific Ocean. The municipality of Tijuana has an extension of 1,727 square kilometers and includes part of the Coronado Islands located against the coasts of the municipality in the Pacific Ocean.
Geography
Tijuana is at 32°53′ N 117°02′ W. This border city just south of San Diego, California, USA, is sometimes considered a mix of Mexico’s good and bad: known for its economic prosperity, popular discos, and shopping areas, Tijuana is also considered to be Mexico’s biggest illicit drug and prostitution center; a majority of the prostitutes are women from other Latin American countries, mainly Central America, who have hopes of crossing the border, ultimately, into the United States.
Tijuana City
Tijuana is the largest city in the state of Baja California, Mexico. Tijuana is also the most northerly city in Latin America. It is known as the corner of Mexico and consequently of Latin America. The city is bordered to the north 41 kilometers by the county of San Diego, California, United States; to the south, by the municipalities of Playas de Rosarito and Ensenada; with the municipality of Tecate to the east; and to the west, by the Pacific Ocean. The municipality of Tijuana has an extension of 1,727 square kilometers and includes part of the Coronado Islands
Mexicali is the capital of the state of Baja California, Mexico. Situated along the state's northern border with the U.S. state of California, Mexicali is a short distance (about 2 hours drive) from San Diego, California. Mexicali has an International Airport, served by Aeroméxico, Mexicana de Aviación and AeroCalifornia, among others.
Mexicali is a sister city of Calexico, California, which lies directly across the international border, as each city's name combines California and Mexico.
Mexicali is also known for its bullfighting arena, called "Plaza de Toros Calafia".
Mexicali has also the largest Chinatown, called La Chinesca, and the largest number of overseas Chinese
Tijuana City : Culture and education
The city has various schools of superior studies, such as conservatory music, dance schools, plastic art schools, schools for science of the arts, and with various universities and technical institutions.
The city is the seat of the COLEF (College of the Northern Frontier), an institution of scientific investigation and superior education. Their main focus is the study of the problems of the Mexican border with the United States.
For cultural activities, Tijuana has the CECUT, the Tijuana Cultural Center. As the cultural impression of the city, the CECUT has inside its installation, a theatre, lecture rooms, video
Whales wash up dead near Mexicos Baja coast
Eleven beaked whales were washed up on beaches near Mexicos sparsely populated Baja California peninsula and all of them died, the countrys environmental protection agency said on Friday.
The whales were found earlier this week mostly on islands in the Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, and had been dead for several days, an official at the Profepa agency said.
He said the cause of the whales deaths was being investigated. A group of squid, which the whales feed on, was also found dead nearby.
Beaked whales
Strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake occurs off Mexico's Baja California coast
A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake occurred in the pre-dawn hours off the coast of the Baja California peninsula in the Sea of Cortes, also known as the Gulf of California, the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center in Golden, Colorado reported.
The quake occurred about 2:32 a.m. local time (0832 GMT), and was centered about 56 miles (89 kilometers) northeast of Santa Rosalia, Baja California. The quake occurred at an estimated depth of six miles (10 kilometers), the center reported.
The area is sparsely populated, and there were no immediate reports of damage
Entering the realms of comfortably travelling from top to bottom, three months is plenty to enter into the classic trip - to follow the Pan-American Highway. Crossing the US-Mexico border at Laredo, the route heads south through Monterrey and the port of Tampico before veering inland through the silver-mining centre of Pachuca and on to Mexico City.
From Ciudad Juarez on the border, it's a short trip to Chihuahua, the vast Copper Canyon and the glorious railroad down to the Pacific Ocean. The famous train journey is one of several options for leaving Chihuahua on a route that takes in
Geography
Tijuana is at 32°53′ N 117°02′ W. This border city just south of San Diego, California, USA, is sometimes considered a mix of Mexico's good and bad: known for its economic prosperity, popular discos, and shopping areas, Tijuana is also considered to be Mexico's biggest illicit drug and prostitution center; a majority of the prostitutes are women from other Latin American countries, mainly Central America, who have hopes of crossing the border, ultimately, into the United States.
Mexico: Baja by car
We topped a ridge to see a vast panorama of jumbled boulders, chocolate-brown hills and red, flat-topped mesas. Marching up and down the slopes were legions of giant cactus, all of them armed, dangerous and starkly beautiful. I inhaled sharply, startled by the curious splendor of the place.
We had entered a magical region of Baja California's Desierto Central (Central Desert). It was a scenic payoff for the arduous miles we had driven on Route 1, the Transpeninsular Highway. It was one of many such payoffs during a four-day adventure on Baja's mother road.
The journey took us through
Former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador contends he's a leftist at heart but called for a "non-ideological" economic policy.
Polls show Lopez Obrador to be the leading candidate in the 2006 race for Mexico's presidency. His comment comes days after he was harshly criticized by Zapatista rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos. Lopez Obrador said he respects the rebel leader and won't get into any arguments with him or respond to the criticisms.Still, Lopez Obrador says he's been misinterpreted in earlier articles that suggested he had turned to the center. Lopez Obrador spoke on the day before the launch of what
History
The area in which the city of Tijuana is situated in a region once inhabited by the Kumiyay Indians, a tribe of Yuman-speaking hunter-gatherers. Europeans first arrived in 1542, when the Spanish explorer Juan RodrÃguez Cabrillo toured the coastline of the area, which was later mapped in 1602 by Sebastián ViscaÃno. In 1769, Father Juan Crespà documented more detailed information about the area that would one day be called the Valley of Tijuana and Father JunÃpero Serra founded the first mission of Alta California in San Diego.
More settlement of the area took place near the end of the mission era
