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This is a list of all counties and municipalities (municipios in Spanish) that are directly on the Mexico–United States border. A total of 37 municipalities and 23 counties, spread across 6 Mexican and 4 American states, are located on the border. All entities are listed geographically from west to east.
A new town center was constructed on higher ground outside town. [6] Mercedes Mercedes, Texas: Río Rico Río Rico, Tamaulipas: The Thayer Bridge (also called the Río Rico Bridge) was built in 1928 and opened up the Mexican border town of Río Rico as a tourist destination during prohibition with bars and even a casino. [7]
The region includes San Diego County and Imperial County, each of which borders Mexico. [1] [2] [3] Its largest city is San Diego. The Southern Border Region is adjacent to the Southern California Region, which consists of five counties (Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Ventura). [4]
Gulf of Mexico Routemap for the Mexico–United States border . Focus is on border features like ports of entry, not river features like tributaries or islands.
Farther west lies the border with San Diego County and to the south the international boundary between the US state of California and Baja California, Mexico. To the north is the boundary with Riverside County and the Coachella Valley , which with the Imperial Valley form the "Cahuilla Basin" or the " Salton Trough ".
The U.S. state of California is divided into 58 counties. [1] The state was first divided into 27 counties on February 18, 1850. These were further sub-divided to form sixteen additional counties by 1860. Another fourteen counties were formed through further subdivision from 1861 to 1893. The most recent county to form was Imperial County, in 1907.
Alvarez said Southern California and Northern Baja California operate as one "megaregion," with over 170,000 people crossing the international border daily for work, school or leisure.
Map of Mexico with Baja California highlighted Municipalities of Baja California since 2022. Baja California is a state in Northwest Mexico that is divided into seven municipalities . [ 1 ] According to the 2020 Mexican census , Baja California is the 13th most populous state with 3,769,020 inhabitants and the 12th largest by land area spanning ...