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Baja California Map
Every municipality, city and town in Baja California on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and municipalities above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a municipality to see its population, area and largest towns.
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Free to print for class and home: Baja California with its cities and towns, a map of its municipalities, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.
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Baja California municipalities map
Key facts
- Capital
- Mexicali
- Largest city
- Tijuana (1,810,645)
- Population
- 3,978,593 (2025)
- Area
- 73,054 km² (28,206 sq mi)
- Municipalities of Baja California
- 7
- Most populous municipality
- Tijuana (1,999,816)
- Largest municipality by area
- San Quintín, 34,104 km² (13,168 sq mi)
About Baja California
Baja California has 7 municipalities and about 3,978,593 people (2025) on 73,054 km² (28,206 sq mi). The capital is Mexicali; the largest city is Tijuana, with 1,810,645 people (2020). It borders Baja California Sur, Sonora and United States.
Tijuana is the most populous municipality (1,999,816 people) and San Felipe the least (20,520); San Quintín is the largest by area (34,104 km²) and Playas de Rosarito the smallest (507 km²).
Largest cities in Baja California
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 28 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Municipality | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tijuana | Tijuana | 1,810,645 |
| 2 | Mexicali | Mexicali | 854,186 |
| 3 | Ensenada | Ensenada | 330,652 |
| 4 | Playas de Rosarito | Playas de Rosarito | 100,660 |
| 5 | Tecate | Tecate | 81,059 |
| 6 | Villa del Campo | Tijuana | 33,360 |
| 7 | Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (Maneadero) | Ensenada | 27,969 |
| 8 | Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria (Kilómetro Cuarenta y Tres) | Mexicali | 19,081 |
| 9 | Lázaro Cárdenas | San Quintín | 18,829 |
| 10 | San Felipe | San Felipe | 17,143 |
| 11 | Vicente Guerrero | San Quintín | 13,876 |
| 12 | El Sauzal de Rodríguez | Ensenada | 11,371 |
| 13 | Camalú | San Quintín | 11,272 |
| 14 | Valle de las Palmas [Etapa 1] | Tijuana | 10,161 |
| 15 | Emiliano Zapata | San Quintín | 9,636 |
| 16 | Ciudad Morelos (Cuervos) | Mexicali | 9,572 |
| 17 | Rancho Cañón Buena Vista (El Zorrillo) | Ensenada | 8,522 |
| 18 | Parajes del Valle | Tijuana | 7,492 |
| 19 | Lomas de San Pedro | Tijuana | 6,933 |
| 20 | Vicente Guerrero (Algodones) | Mexicali | 6,796 |
| 21 | Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete) | Mexicali | 6,503 |
| 22 | Primo Tapia | Playas de Rosarito | 6,238 |
| 23 | Colonia Venustiano Carranza (La Carranza) | Mexicali | 6,205 |
| 24 | Delta (Estación Delta) | Mexicali | 5,615 |
| 25 | Nueva Colonia Hindú | Tecate | 5,254 |
Populations are INEGI's Encuesta Intercensal 2025 estimates for 15 October 2025 of the people living in private dwellings; the 7 municipalities add up to the state's 3,978,593. The state's total on the Mexico map, 4,009,678, also counts the 31,085 people INEGI estimates in collective dwellings and without a dwelling, which it publishes only for the whole state. Towns are INEGI's localities with their 2020 Census population: every municipal seat and every other locality of 5,000 people or more.
Municipalities of Baja California
All 7 municipalities. Select one to show it on the map.
| Ensenada | 480,527 | 13,541 | |
| Mexicali | 1,080,999 | 9,956 | |
| Playas de Rosarito | 159,768 | 507 | |
| San Felipe | 20,520 | 11,009 | |
| San Quintín | 125,323 | 34,104 | |
| Tecate | 111,640 | 2,861 | |
| Tijuana | 1,999,816 | 1,076 |
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Sources
- Municipalities and states: INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía), Marco Geoestadístico of the Encuesta Intercensal 2025; areas measured from these boundaries.
- Populations: INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025, population in private dwellings by municipality at 15 October 2025 (main results by locality, open data); the state's total population: INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025.
- Towns and municipal seats: INEGI, Catálogo Único de Claves de Áreas Geoestadísticas Estatales, Municipales y Localidades (AGEEML), with each locality's population in the Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.
- Federal highways: INEGI, Red Nacional de Caminos 2025 (with the SICT and the Mexican Institute of Transportation).
- Rivers: INEGI, Red Hidrográfica Digital de México 1:250 000, edition 1.0; lakes and reservoirs: INEGI, Red Hidrográfica 1:50 000, edition 2.0.
- United States: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.