The municipality  of Ensenada, with a land area of , takes up the majority of the state of Baja California. It is the largest in Mexico by area and the Americas. It contains all of Baja California apart from a strip at the north and, at the northeast extremity of the state, the municipality of Mexicali. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Gulf of California on the east, and by all of the other municipalities in Baja California on the North. Its municipal seat is Ensenada (), which lies near the northwest corner of the municipality, although almost all of the municipality's territory lies far to its southeast. Its current  municipal president  is Enrique Pelayo Torres. A major port is planned to be built in Punta Colonet, a largely uninhabited area south of the city of Ensenada. Located offshore, Guadalupe Island is part of the municipality, making Ensenada the westernmost municipality of Latin America.