Tijuana

Tijuana (Spanish [ti'xwana], is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the municipality of Tijuana of which the current municipal president is Jorge Hank Rhon of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Hilly Tijuana is the westernmost city in Latin America as well as the third northernmost (Tecate and Mexicali a few hours to the east by car, are slightly farther north). For this reason Tijuana is referred to as the corner of Mexico and/or Latin America. The city stands on the U.S.-Mexico border, adjacent to San Diego County, California, United States to the north. The municipality of Playas de Rosarito seceded from the Tijuana municipality in the year 1996 to become its own municipio. Although population figures are considered as official, yearly entries of large numbers of mostly-national ?but also third-country transnational? migrants conform vast squatter sprawls among numerous hills, complicating population counting.