Mexicali, Mexico Tourism

From Tecate it is 140km/87mi to Mexicali (3 m (10 ft); population 880,000). The name is formed from the first syllables of "Mexico" and "California". As recently as 1898 a Cucupá Indian village stood here with the name Laguna del Alamo. Today it is the dynamic capital of Baja California Norte, a centre for the high quality processing and service