Mexicali, Baja, Mexico

Economy | Tourist Industry

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexicali is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California and seat of the Municipality of Mexicali. The City of Mexicali is at the core of the wider metropolitan area. The city and metropolitan area the second most populous in Baja California.

Mexicali's economy has been historically based on agricultural products, and they remain a large sector of the economy. However, its economy has gradually gone from being agricultural to include industry, mainly maquiladorasโ€”duty-free factories in which parts from the United States are imported, assembled, and then returned to the United States as finished products. International companies including Honeywell, GKN Aerospace, Kellogg's, Gulfstream, UTC Aerospace Systems, SunPower, Rockwell Collins, LG Electronics, National Oilwell Varco, Mitsubishi, Autolite, Nestlรฉ, Coca-Cola, Robert Bosch, and Goodrich Corporation have built maquiladora plants in the city.

Mexicali became the national centre for the aerospace industry in Mexico when Rockwell Collins established an operation there in 1966. Rockwell Collins is the oldest company under the maquiladora program nationwide.

Founded on March 14, 1903, Mexicali is situated on the Mexicoโ€“United States border adjacent to its sister city Calexico, California, with which it forms a dual-state, international population centre, Calexicoโ€“Mexicali.

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Economy In its beginnings Mexicali was an important centre for cotton production for export, until synthetic fabrics reduced the worldwide demand for the fiber. Currently, horticulture is the most successful agricultural activity with scallion (green onion), and asparagus being among the most important crops. Cotton and wheat are still grown, but low government price guarantees and subsidies make wheat farmer protests an annual event. There is an annual agri-business fair, which if unfunded by the government, would have been dead a decade ago, named AGROBAJA, Agrobaja in March of every year, drawing people by the thousands, from all over Mexico and before the crisis, from the United States.

The current prospects for economic growth in Mexicali rely on in-bond and assembly plants (maquiladoras), which come due to low wages and loose worker right laws, include companies like, Selther, Daewoo Electronics, Mitsubishi, Honeywell, Paccar, Vitro, Skyworks Solutions, CareFusion, Bosch, Price Pfister, Gulfstream, United Technologies Corporation, Kenworth, Kwikset and Collins Aerospace. Mexicali is also home to many food processing plants such as Nestlรฉ, Jumex, Bimbo, Coca-Cola, Kellogg's, and Sabritas. In December 2018 there were 180 in all, employing 70,000 people.

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Tourist Industry Mexicali also relies on tourism as a medium to generate revenue, and visitors cross by foot or by car from Calexico, United States, every day. Tourists are mainly attracted to local taco stands, restaurants, pharmacies, bars and dance clubs. Near the border, in walking distance, there are many shops and stalls selling Mexican curios and souvenirs. Arizona and Nevada residents look for medical and dental services in Mexicali, since they tend to be less expensive than in the United States. Pharmacies sell some drugs without a prescription and at much lower cost than in the US, but some medications still require a doctor's prescription, although several accessible doctor offices are located near the border as well.

Mexico's drinking age is 18 years old (vs. 21 in the United States) which makes it a common weekend destination for many high school and college students from Southern California.

Mexicali hosts Baja Prog, one of the world's most important events in progressive rock.

Mexicali hosts four main shopping malls, the most visited being Plaza La Cachanilla, located a mile away from the US border. The mall hosts a variety of shops, which sell a wide array of items, ranging from cheap Mexican curios to expensive imports. The Plaza La Cachanilla also represents a common place for people to socialize, especially during summer days when the weather reaches high temperatures, many families come and spend the day inside the air-conditioned mall.

For recreation, Mexicali has bath halls, bowling alleys, traditional cantinas, car clubs, strip clubs, movie theaters, museums, a zoo, a convention centre, supermarkets, and fast food restaurants for every choice of food.

Galerias del Valle, holds a WalMart Supercenter, a 12-screen movie theater Cinepolis, two casinos, and a food court, plus a large array of stores that sell many items needed for daily living. It is located on Boulevard Lรกzaro Cรกrdenas at Calle 11.

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Mexicali is rated Sufficiency by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Sufficiency level cities are cities that have a sufficient degree of services so as not to be overly dependent on world cities.

Mexicali was ranked #1019 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Mexicali has a population of over 717,628 people. Mexicali also forms the centre of the wider Mexicali metropolitan area which has a population of over 1,127,780 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Mexicali see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Mexicali is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Music see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Mexicali has links with:

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Calexico, USA ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Gumi, South Korea ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Nanjing, China ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Navojoa, Mexico ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Sacramento, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ San Bernardino, USA ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taichung, Taiwan
Text Atribution: Wikipedia Text under CC-BY-SA license | GaWC | Nomad

UNESCO Creative Cities for Music include: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Adelaide ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Amarante ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Ambon ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Auckland ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Banja Luka ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Benares ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Bissau ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Bogotรก ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bologna ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bolzano ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Brazzaville ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Brno ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Bydgoszcz ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Caracas ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chennai ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Da Lat ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Essaouira ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Frutillar ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Ghent ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Glasgow ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Gwalior ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Hamamatsu ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Hannover ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Havana ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Idanha-a-Nova ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Ipoh ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Kansas City ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Katowice ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Kazan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Kingston ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท KฤฑrลŸehir ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Leiria ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Liverpool ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Lliria ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Mannheim ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Metz ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexicali ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Montreux ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Morelia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Norrkรถping ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Pesaro ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Port of Spain ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Praia ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Ramallah ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Salvador ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Sanandaj ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท ลžanlฤฑurfa ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Santo Domingo ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Seville ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Suphan Buri ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Tongyeong ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Toulouse ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Valledupar ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Valparaรญso ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Varanasi ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Varaลพdin ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Veliky Novgorod ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Veszprรฉm ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Vranje

Antipodal to Mexicali is: 64.525,-32.639

Locations Near: Mexicali -115.475,32.6392

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Calexico -115.498,32.679 d: 4.9  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ El Centro -115.556,32.792 d: 18.6  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ San Luis Rio Colorado -114.75,32.467 d: 70.6  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Yuma -114.6,32.683 d: 82.1  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Tecate -116.633,32.567 d: 108.8  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Indio -116.214,33.722 d: 138.7  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Ensenada -116.6,31.85 d: 137.5  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Palm Desert -116.367,33.717 d: 145.8  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Cathedral City -116.45,33.767 d: 154.7  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ El Cajon -116.962,32.795 d: 140.2  

Antipodal to: Mexicali 64.525,-32.639

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Port Mathurin 63.417,-19.683 d: 18570.2  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mahรฉbourg 57.7,-20.407 d: 18495.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 18478.7  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Centre de Flacq 57.718,-20.2 d: 18475.8  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 18475.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Quatre Bornes 57.479,-20.266 d: 18471.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ St Pierre 57.517,-20.217 d: 18468.6  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Beau Bassin-Rose Hill 57.471,-20.235 d: 18468.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Moka 57.496,-20.219 d: 18467.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill 57.467,-20.233 d: 18468  

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