On the Carretera Transpeninsular from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas Baja California's largest town, Tijuana, on the border with the USA, is the starting point of the 1,700km/1,056mi long MEX 1 (Carretera Transpeninsular), which runs the whole length of the peninsula.
After 30km/19mi, the first place you come to is El Rosarito. The next town of any
size, after 80km/50mi, is Ensenada (population 225,000). This fishing port, now a favorite tourist spot (water sports, deep-sea fishing), extends along the beautiful bay of Todos los Santos, which was discovered in 1542 by the Portuguese seafarer Rodriguez Cabrillo. After the separation of the northern part of the peninsula from the southern part, Ensenada was the capital of the northern part from 1888 until 1910, when Mexicali took over this position.
In addition to tourism, the town lives mainly from fishing and its deep-water harbor.