| Tecate Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Municipio de Tecate |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Baja California |
| Motto: | Paraíso Industrial de B.C. (Baja California's Industrial Paradise) |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 108,440 |
| Population Note: | Data source: [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Area Total Km2: | 3079.0 |
| Leader Title: | Municipal president |
| Leader Party: | PRI |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipal seat |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tecate |
| Subdivision Type3: | Largest city |
| Subdivision Name3: | Tecate |
| Blank Name: | INEGI code |
| Blank Info: | 003 |
| Timezone: | Northwest (US Pacific) |
| Utc Offset: | −8 |
| Timezone Dst: | Northwest |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −7 |
| Coordinates: | 32.5667°N -154°W |
| Established Title: | Municipality established |
| Established Date: | December 29, 1953[2] |
| Website: | Gobierno Municipal de Tecate, Baja California |
| Footnotes: | Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |
Tecate is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its municipal seat is located in the city of Tecate. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 108,440 inhabitants.[3] The municipality has an area of 3,079.0 km² (1,188.8 sq mi).
The municipality is administratively subdivided into 6 boroughs, in addition to the municipal seat, Tecate.
As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 108,440.[4]
As of 2010, the city of Tecate had a population of 64,764.[5] Other than the city of Tecate, the municipality had 964 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Lomas de Santa Anita (6,604), Nueva Colonia Hindú (4,431), classified as urban, and Cereso del Hongo (4,278), Luis Echeverría Álvarez (El Hongo) (2,411), classified as urban, and Hacienda Tecate (1,871), Valle de las Palmas (1,860), La Rumorosa (1,836), Maclovio Herrera (Colonia Aviación) (1,219), Alfonso Garzón (Granjas Familiares) (1,188), and El Mirador (1,171), classified as rural.[5]