Tijuana

Also known as Tijuana, Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico

Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. It is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most populous city in northern Mexico. Tijuana is just south of California and is close to the Mexico–United States border which is part of the San Diego–Tijuana metro area.

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Tijuana is the largest city in Mexico's Baja California state, situated on the northwestern Pacific Coast just south of California and near the Mexico–United States border. It serves as the municipal center for Tijuana Municipality and is the most populous city in northern Mexico, forming part of the larger San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region.

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Settlement.area_metro_sq_mi: 537.9
Settlement.population_demonym: Tijuanan (in Spanish) Tijuanense
Settlement.demographics_type1: GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Year
Settlement.demographics1_info1: 2023
Settlement.demographics1_title2: Total (Metro)
Settlement.demographics1_info2: $61.0 billion
Settlement.demographics1_title3: Per capita
Settlement.demographics1_info3: $27,600
Settlement.population_as_of: 2020
Settlement.name: Tijuana
Settlement.nickname: Gateway to Mexico
Settlement.motto: ("The fatherland begins here")
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Tijuana, Mexico.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Tijuana, Baja California.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 150px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Tijuana within Baja California

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Tijuana
Demonym: Tijuanense
Population: 1964788
Area: 637
Elevation: 20
Official website: magicaltowns.mx/baja-california/tijuana
Image: Panoramica Paseo Del Rio.jpg
Dialing code: 664 - 663

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Commons category: Tijuana
Commons gallery: Tijuana
postal code: 22000–22699
inception: 1889-00-00
native label: Tijuana
P12749: Jacques Chirac

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Tijuana is the 27th largest city in the Americas and is the westernmost city in Mexico. As of 2024, the population of Tijuana has increased to 2,297,000, reflecting a growth of 1.63% since 2023. The city was second-largest nationally in 2020 with 1,810,645 inhabitants. The international metropolitan region was estimated at 5,158,459 in 2016, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in The Californias, 19th-largest metropolitan area in the Americas, and the largest bi-national conurbation that is shared between the US and Mexico. The city is one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the country and rated as a "High Sufficiency" global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.