Tecate urban area

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human settlement urban area

Tecate urban area is the main populated city zone of the border municipality of Tecate in Baja California, Mexico, known for its role as a regional commercial and industrial center.

Aliases (1)

Tecate metropolitan area ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human settlement → urban area →
adjacentTo	Sierra de Juárez → US–Mexico border →
borderCityWith	Tecate, California →
borderCrossingType	road border crossing →
borderRegion	US–Mexico borderlands →
borderWith	California → United States →
climate	semi-arid climate →
commercialRole	service center for surrounding rural areas →
continent	North America →
country	Mexico →
currency	Mexican peso →
economicActivity	commerce → food and beverage industry → logistics → manufacturing →
governedBy	Municipal government of Tecate →
hasCharacteristic	border city → manufacturing hub → maquiladora presence →
hasFunction	administrative center of Tecate Municipality →
industrialType	assembly plants → light manufacturing →
languageMajority	Spanish speakers →
locatedIn	Baja California → Northwestern Mexico → Tecate Municipality →
locatedInRegion	Binational San Diego–Tijuana–Tecate metropolitan region →
locatedOn	northwestern Baja California Plateau →
namedAfter	Tecate →
nearbyMajorCity	Mexicali urban area → Tijuana urban area →
partOf	Tecate Municipality →
primaryLanguage	Spanish →
region	Baja California border region →
roadConnection	Federal Highway 2 → Federal Highway 3 NERFINISHED →
role	regional commercial center → regional industrial center →
subdivisionType	city zone →
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone →
timeZoneDST	Pacific Daylight Time →
transportRole	border crossing corridor →
urbanCoreOf	Tecate Municipality →
urbanizationType	continuous built-up area →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Municipality of Tecate →	hasUrbanCenter
Tecate Port of Entry ("Tecate metropolitan area") →	regionServed