Baja California is located in the North west region of the Mexican Republic, in the northern part of the Baja California peninsula, it borders to the north with the U.S. sharing a border of 265 kilometers, 233 with the State of California and 32 with the State of Arizona. To the Northeast it limits with the State of Sonora, Mexico. To the South, the State limits with Baja California Sur. To the west, it limits with the Pacific Ocean and to the northwest to the California Gulf.

The peninsula of Baja California is 781 miles long and the average width is 56 miles, which makes Baja California one of the largest peninsulas in the world. It has almost the 12% of the litorals of Mexico. It has 1,380 kilometers to the Pacific Ocean and 640 to the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortés).

The State of Baja California occupies a land surface of 71,777.589 square km. Distributed in the Municipalities (Mexican version of a County) of:Ensenada 52,510.712 Km², Mexicali 13,935.613 Km², Tecate 3,578.454 Km², Tijuana 1,239.490 Km² and Rosarito 513.320 Km².

Last update: April 7, 2008