Playas de Rosarito (municipality)

Infobox Settlement
name = Playas de Rosarito
settlement_type =

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motto="Horizonte de Posibilidades"
(English: "A Horizon of Possibilities")
map_caption = Location of Playas de Rosarito in Baja California.
mapsize=150px
population_as_of=2005
population_total=73305
population_note=Data source: [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ INEGI]
population_density_km2=auto
area_total_km2=513.32
leader_title = Municipal president
leader_name = Hugo Torres
leader_party = PRI party
subdivision_type2 = Municipal seat
subdivision_name2 = Playas de Rosarito
subdivision_type3 = Largest city
subdivision_name3 = Playas de Rosarito
blank_name = INEGI code
blank_info = 005
timezone = PST
utc_offset = -8
timezone_DST = PDT
utc_offset_DST = -7
latd = 32 | latm = 21 | latNS = N
longd = 117 | longm = 3 | longEW = W
website=es icon [http://www.municipiodeplayasderosarito.gob.mx/ Ayuntamiento de Playas de Rosarito]
established_title=Municipality established
established_date=June 29, 1995
footnotes=Source: [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/bajacalifornia/municipios/02005a.htm Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México]

Playas de Rosarito is a municipality in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Baja California. It lies just south of the city of Tijuana. Its municipal seat is the town of Playas de Rosarito. According to the 2005 census, the municipality had a population of 73,305 inhabitants. Its area is 513.32 km² (198.19 sq mi).

Major communities

*Ampliación Ejido Plan Libertador
*Colonia Santa Anita
*Ejido Morelos
*Playas de Rosarito
*Primo Tapia

References

*es icon [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from the 2005 Census] , INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática.
*es icon [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/bajacalifornia/municipios/02005a.htm Playas de Rosarito] , " [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/ELOC_Enciclopedia Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México] ", Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB. Accessed on line November 15, 2007.

External links

*es icon [http://www.municipiodeplayasderosarito.gob.mx/ Ayuntamiento de Playas de Rosarito] Official government website.