City in Baja California, Mexico
Place in Baja California, Mexico
Tecate
(
Spanish:
[te?kate]
ⓘ
) is a city in
Tecate Municipality
,
Baja California
. It is across the
Mexico?US border
from
Tecate, California
. As of 2019, the city had a population of 108,860 inhabitants,
[1]
while the metropolitan area has a population of 132,406 inhabitants.
[1]
Tecate is part of the
San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area
and the largest city between
Tijuana
and
Mexicali
. Tecate is a regional economic hub and popular tourist destination, known as home to the
Tecate Port of Entry
and to
Tecate Beer
.
History
[
edit
]
Catholic procession in Tecate.
Parque
Miguel Hidalgo
.
Lazaro Cardenas
memorial.
Tecate is in a valley surrounded by several hills and mountains, the most prominent and famous of them being
Kuuchamaa
(also spelled Kuchamaa and Cuchama) Mountain. Kuuchamaa Mountain, also known as Tecate Peak in the United States, is a sacred mountain for the
Kumeyaay people
(known in Mexico as Kumiai) people,
[4]
and the
Kumeyaay language
is still spoken in the mountains near Tecate at Juntas de Neji.
[5]
[6]
[7]
Kuuchamaa is rich in greenery, wildflowers and birds. Tecatenses as well as tourists are often seen enjoying hikes and bike rides along its many trails.
In 1829, the Mexican governor of
Alta California
Jose Maria de Echeandia
granted the valley of Tecate as the 1,796 ha (4,439-acre)
Rancho Tecate
to
Juan Bandini
. In 1836 the mountain dwelling Kumeyaay with some aid from some former mission neophytes, raided and plundered the rancho. They besieged the ranch house but the men within managed to hold out until it was relieved by a force from San Diego. With his stock and horses stolen and the house burned, Bandini?like owners of other ranchos near San Diego?had to abandon the isolated rancho.
[8]
[9]
Due to the continuing hostilities with the Kumeyaay, Bandini never returned, being compensated with
Rancho Jurupa
in 1838.
[10]
In the late 19th century farmers and ranchers arrived in Tecate for the first time since Bandini's failed attempt to settle there. They discovered its plentiful natural resources and decided to settle. Its abundant water and fertile soil made Tecate the perfect site for a productive farm market. Olives, grapes and grain became Tecate's staple crops. The industrial sector was developed simultaneously with the creation of coffee processing plants and breweries.
The town was founded on 2 April 1888 and formally incorporated as a city on 12 October 1892. In 1919, Governor Esteban Cantu ordered the first urban plan for the city, charging engineer Luis Pavon with its design and implementation.
In 1953,
Tecate Municipality
was separated from
Tijuana Municipality
, with Tecate designated as the municipal seat.
Well known for its traditional infrastructure and looks, Tecate remains true to its origins with its main plaza in the center of the city and its city hall and historic church within walking distance.
[11]
Geography
[
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]
View of Cerro La Panocha.
Tecate's altitude of approximately 540 m (1,770 ft) above sea level and its proximity to the ocean contribute to the temperate climate. It rains enough in the area (almost 360 mm [14 in] per year) for a thick ground cover of shrubs and scattered trees to grow.
The gradual transition from coastal to desert climate is on the eastern side of the peninsular mountains a few miles east. Although often boulder-strewn, much of the land to the east of the city is taken up with
ejidos
, or cooperative farms.
Tecate is also the name of a small river that courses through the city, and of a hamlet on the Alta California (US side) of the border, affectionately known as
"Tecatito"
(population around 100; ZIP code 91980).
Climate
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]
Tecate is hot and dry during the summer and cool and sometimes rainy during the winter. It is classified as a
hot-summer mediterranean climate
.
Climate data for Tecate (La Puerta) 1951?2010
Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
Record high °C (°F)
|
32.0
(89.6)
|
32.0
(89.6)
|
36.0
(96.8)
|
39.0
(102.2)
|
42.0
(107.6)
|
44.0
(111.2)
|
44.0
(111.2)
|
47.0
(116.6)
|
46.0
(114.8)
|
41.1
(106.0)
|
39.0
(102.2)
|
32.0
(89.6)
|
47.0
(116.6)
|
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
18.9
(66.0)
|
19.6
(67.3)
|
20.2
(68.4)
|
23.0
(73.4)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
29.5
(85.1)
|
33.3
(91.9)
|
33.7
(92.7)
|
32.2
(90.0)
|
28.0
(82.4)
|
23.0
(73.4)
|
19.7
(67.5)
|
25.6
(78.1)
|
Daily mean °C (°F)
|
11.2
(52.2)
|
11.7
(53.1)
|
12.6
(54.7)
|
14.5
(58.1)
|
16.8
(62.2)
|
20.1
(68.2)
|
23.6
(74.5)
|
24.0
(75.2)
|
22.3
(72.1)
|
18.5
(65.3)
|
14.4
(57.9)
|
11.8
(53.2)
|
16.8
(62.2)
|
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
3.4
(38.1)
|
3.9
(39.0)
|
4.9
(40.8)
|
6.1
(43.0)
|
8.2
(46.8)
|
10.6
(51.1)
|
13.9
(57.0)
|
14.2
(57.6)
|
12.3
(54.1)
|
9.0
(48.2)
|
5.9
(42.6)
|
3.9
(39.0)
|
8.0
(46.4)
|
Record low °C (°F)
|
?9.0
(15.8)
|
?8.0
(17.6)
|
?5.0
(23.0)
|
?2.0
(28.4)
|
0.5
(32.9)
|
0.0
(32.0)
|
2.0
(35.6)
|
1.0
(33.8)
|
2.0
(35.6)
|
?3.0
(26.6)
|
?3.0
(26.6)
|
?4.0
(24.8)
|
?9.0
(15.8)
|
Average
precipitation
mm (inches)
|
74.8
(2.94)
|
63.7
(2.51)
|
60.7
(2.39)
|
28.5
(1.12)
|
7.6
(0.30)
|
3.6
(0.14)
|
3.6
(0.14)
|
4.8
(0.19)
|
4.6
(0.18)
|
14.5
(0.57)
|
34.4
(1.35)
|
52.4
(2.06)
|
353.2
(13.91)
|
Average precipitation days
(≥ 0.1 mm)
|
6.8
|
6.3
|
5.7
|
4.3
|
1.8
|
0.8
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
0.9
|
2.1
|
3.7
|
5.4
|
38.9
|
Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional
[12]
[13]
|
Demographics
[
edit
]
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, part of the
Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana
.
Tecate had a population of 108,860 inhabitants in 2019,
[1]
up from 72,860 in the 2015 census.
The Tecate metro area has a population of 132,406 inhabitants.
[1]
Economy
[
edit
]
Tecate is the site of the first brewery of
Tecate Beer
. Industrial companies from across the border have their manufacturing affiliates there (e.g.,
Rockwell Automation
,
Ingersoll-Rand
, Milwaukee Electronics, Automation Controls Group and Oberg Industries).
The
Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma Brewery
produces
Tecate (beer)
.
The city is served by a couple of hospitals and several clinics,
[14]
as well as a couple
dozen doctors
[15]
and dentists.
[15]
Tourism
[
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]
Tecate has been designated as a
Pueblos Magico
by Mexico's
Secretariat of Tourism
because of its cultural richness, and it is the only Pueblo Magico located along the
Mexico?United States border
.
[16]
In summer/early fall, the annual Tecate-to-Ensenada bicycle race takes place, with thousands of cyclists from both sides of the border participating. July is the time for a two-week celebration in Los Encinos Park, featuring dance groups, crafts, food concessions, and exhibits.
The
pamplonada
, or running of the bulls, was ordinarily held in August in the 1980s and early 1990s along one of the main streets, but it was canceled because of a series of accidents and violence.
Tecate has a stadium, Manuel Cecena, which is home to the local
baseball
team, the Cerveceros ("Brewers").
Education
[
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]
Band of
CETIS
high school.
Tecate is the site of the
Autonomous University of Baja California
, Tecate. The school houses a school of engineering.
Tecate has a competition every year for 5th grade students where they share their ideas to change their community in a positive way. The best one competes against the best ones of each city of the state. The winner competes against the other states, and the winner meets the President of Mexico.
Transportation
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]
Downtown Tecate.
Tecate is on a spur of
Mexican Federal Highway 2
that connects Tijuana with
Mexicali
via the central
Sierra mountains
. It is on the older, two-lane, east-west road which is toll-free.
A train from
Campo, California
, called
the Tecate Ticket
, travels to Tecate on a monthly basis (currently suspended due to a tunnel fire along the route). The train is run by the
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
.
The city is the location of the
Tecate Airport
, at Maclovio Herrera, which no longer operates due to low traffic. Instead, Tecate residents are served by nearby
Tijuana International Airport
(TIJ), with flights to most major Mexican cities. TIJ is closer to Tecate than
Mexicali International Airport
and thus used more frequently by Tecate residents.
[17]
See also
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References
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]
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a
b
c
d
e
f
"Division municipal. Baja California"
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. Retrieved
13 April
2018
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www.baja-web.com/tecate
- ^
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. www.bajarealestategroup.net
. Retrieved
13 April
2018
.
- ^
SHIPEK, FLORENCE C. (13 April 1985). "KUUCHAMAA: The Kumeyaay Sacred Mountain".
Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology
.
7
(1): 67?74.
JSTOR
27825214
.
- ^
Kumeyaay
at
Ethnologue
(25th ed., 2022)
- ^
Jill Replogle (Director) (2014-06-10).
"Native Speakers And Linguists Fight To Keep Kumeyaay Language Alive"
.
Fronteras
. KNPR
. Retrieved
2014-06-21
.
- ^
Hinton, Leanne.
"Kumeyaay 1-10. Hablamos Tipay en el dialecto de Neji (Xa'a Wa) BCN"
.
Language Acquisition Resource Center, San Diego State
. Retrieved
2014-06-21
.
- ^
Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of the Pacific States of North America (Volume 15),CALIFORNIA, VOL. III. 1825?1840, A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, 1885, p. 614
- ^
William H. Ellison (13 April 2018).
"The Life And Adventures In California Of Don Agustin Janssens 1834 1856"
. The Huntington Library
. Retrieved
13 April
2018
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- ^
Jurupa grant (Riverside and San Bernardino counties, Calif.): Juan Bandini, claimant : case no. 213, Southern District, 1838?1879.
from cdlib.org accessed May 21, 2014
- ^
"Tecate Baja California Mexico a charming village"
.
www.baja-web.com
. Retrieved
13 April
2018
.
- ^
"Estado de Baja California-Estacion: La Puerta"
.
Normales Climatologicas 1951?2010
(in Spanish). Servicio Meteorologico Nacional. Archived from
the original
on 3 March 2016
. Retrieved
8 May
2015
.
- ^
"Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for La Puerta 1946?2011"
(in Spanish). Servicio Meteorologico Nacional. Archived from
the original
on 3 March 2016
. Retrieved
8 May
2015
.
- ^
"Hospitales Sanatorios Y Clinicas en Baja California, Tecate"
.
Seccion Amarilla
. Retrieved
13 April
2018
.
- ^
a
b
"Medicos en Baja California, Tecate"
.
Seccion Amarilla
. Retrieved
13 April
2018
.
- ^
Turismo, Secretaria de.
"Tecate, Baja California"
.
gob.mx
(in Spanish)
. Retrieved
2023-11-25
.
- ^
"70 Must Do's Discover Baja California"
. Baja California Secretaria de Turismo
. Retrieved
6 March
2012
.
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