The Tijuana metropolitan area, and in Spanish the Zona Metropolitana de Tijuana, is located by the
Pacific Ocean in
Mexico. The 2010 census placed the Tijuana metropolitan area as the
fifth largest city by population in the country with 1,751,302 people. The census bureau defined metropolitan area comprises three
municipalities:
Tijuana,
Tecate and
Rosarito Beach. Yet sources commonly include
Tecate Municipality in the metropolitan area as the
urban area between
Tijuana and
Tecate grows, the commuting populace increases - ultimately further developing the southern areas of
San Diego–Tijuana, and the three municipalities maintain strong relationships and cooperation.[1][2][3]