Rosarito Beach Municipality

Rosarito Beach Municipality
Rosarito Beach Municipality
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Municipio de Playas de Rosarito; Municipality of Rosarito Beach
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	Motto: A Horizon of Possibilities
	Location of Rosarito Beach Municipality in Baja California.
	Coordinates: 32°20′32″N 117°03′22″W / 32.34222°N 117.05611°WCoordinates: 32°20′32″N 117°03′22″W / 32.34222°N 117.05611°W
Country	Mexico
State	Baja California
Municipal seat	Rosarito
Largest city	Rosarito
Municipality established	June 29, 1995
	Government
• Municipal president	Hugo Torres ( PRI)
	Area
• Total	513.32 km2 (198.19 sq mi)
	Population (2010)
• Total	90,668
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
	Data source: INEGI 2010 Census
Time zone	PST (UTC−8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC−7)
INEGI code	005
Website	(Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Playas de Rosarito
	Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Rosarito Beach Municipality (Spanish: Municipio de Playas de Rosarito) is located in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Baja California comprising part of the Tijuana metropolitan area. It lies just south of the city of Tijuana. Its municipal seat is the city of Rosarito. According to the 2010 census, the municipality had a population of 90,668 inhabitants. Its area is 513.32 km² (198.19 sq mi).

Boroughs [edit]

Major communities [edit]

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:^[1]

Name	2010 Census population
Rosarito	65,278
Ampliación Ejido Plan Libertador	5,906
Primo Tapia	4,921
Ciudad Morelos	2,040
Colinas del Sol	1,361
Santa Anita	1,284
Total municipality	90,668

Other localities [edit]

Puerto Nuevo (pop. 135)

References [edit]

(Spanish) Link to tables of population data from the 2005 Census, INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática.
(Spanish) Playas de Rosarito, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB. Accessed on line November 15, 2007.