Tijuana Municipality is a
municipality in the
Mexican state of
Baja California. Its municipal seat is located in the city of
Tijuana. According to the 2010 census, the municipality had a population of 1,559,683 inhabitants, of whom 1,300,983, or 83.4%, lived in the city of Tijuana. The municipality maintained its position as 3rd most populated nationally as of 2015 census, only behind
Ecatepec de Morelos and Itzapalapa (DF). Carlos Bustamante Anchondo of the
PRI is the current
municipal president. Most notably, residents from Tijuana city, which barely budged in population, moved to the municipality in the 5 years preceding the 2010 Census, indeed the non-city portion has gained over 140,000 residents. Much of this historic movement could be explained by the drug violence, as residents seek isolated suburban communities outside city limits to escape it. The municipality comprises the largest part of the
Tijuana metropolitan area.