๐ฒ๐ฝ 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 maquiladorasโduty-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 MexicoโUnited States border adjacent to its sister city Calexico, California, with which it forms a dual-state, international population centre, CalexicoโMexicali.
1Economy 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.
1Tourist 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.
1Mexicali 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.
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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:
๐บ๐ธ Calexico, USA ๐ฐ๐ท Gumi, South Korea ๐จ๐ณ Nanjing, China ๐ฒ๐ฝ Navojoa, Mexico ๐บ๐ธ Sacramento, USA ๐บ๐ธ San Bernardino, USA ๐น๐ผ Taichung, TaiwanUNESCO Creative Cities for Music include: ๐ฆ๐บ Adelaide ๐ฐ๐ฟ Almaty ๐ต๐น Amarante ๐ฎ๐ฉ Ambon ๐ณ๐ฟ Auckland ๐ง๐ฆ Banja Luka ๐ฎ๐ณ Benares ๐ฌ๐ผ Bissau ๐จ๐ด Bogotรก ๐ฎ๐น Bologna ๐ฎ๐น Bolzano ๐จ๐ฌ Brazzaville ๐จ๐ฟ Brno ๐ต๐ฑ Bydgoszcz ๐ป๐ช Caracas ๐ฎ๐ณ Chennai ๐ป๐ณ Da Lat ๐ฒ๐ฆ Essaouira ๐จ๐ฑ Frutillar ๐ง๐ช Ghent ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Glasgow ๐ฎ๐ณ Gwalior ๐ฏ๐ต Hamamatsu ๐ฉ๐ช Hannover ๐จ๐บ Havana ๐ต๐น Idanha-a-Nova ๐ฒ๐พ Ipoh ๐บ๐ธ Kansas City ๐ต๐ฑ Katowice ๐ท๐บ Kazan ๐ฏ๐ฒ Kingston ๐น๐ท Kฤฑrลehir ๐ต๐น Leiria ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Liverpool ๐ช๐ธ Lliria ๐ฉ๐ช Mannheim ๐ซ๐ท Metz ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexicali ๐จ๐ญ Montreux ๐ฒ๐ฝ Morelia ๐ธ๐ช Norrkรถping ๐ฎ๐น Pesaro ๐น๐น Port of Spain ๐จ๐ป Praia ๐ต๐ธ Ramallah ๐ง๐ท Salvador ๐ฎ๐ท Sanandaj ๐น๐ท ลanlฤฑurfa ๐ฉ๐ด Santo Domingo ๐ช๐ธ Seville ๐น๐ญ Suphan Buri ๐ฐ๐ท Tongyeong ๐ซ๐ท Toulouse ๐จ๐ด Valledupar ๐จ๐ฑ Valparaรญso ๐ฎ๐ณ Varanasi ๐ญ๐ท Varaลพdin ๐ท๐บ Veliky Novgorod ๐ญ๐บ Veszprรฉm ๐ท๐ธ Vranje
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๐บ๐ธ El Centro -115.556,32.792 d: 18.6
๐ฒ๐ฝ San Luis Rio Colorado -114.75,32.467 d: 70.6
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๐ฒ๐ฝ Tecate -116.633,32.567 d: 108.8
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๐บ๐ธ Palm Desert -116.367,33.717 d: 145.8
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Antipodal to: Mexicali 64.525,-32.639
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